Excited to be attending the WCO IOF-ESCEO #OsteoCongress in Prague this week!

Bioarchaeology, Activism and Social Justice This is an open access book. This volume is the first dedicated to action within bioarchaeology that can bring about social and political change.

Since the publication of our book on bioarchaeology and activism last week this has been downloaded over 11K times! Super happy that we have been able to make this open access link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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The ISPH is back in Europe!

The ISPH returns to Europe for its 8th edition. The symposium will take place at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, in the quiet and charming city of Leiden (the Netherlands) from 6 to 8 July 2027.
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ASHB Studentship poster. Grants of up to $2500 for student members. Applications close 5pm AEST on Friday 1st of May 2026.

Our Studentship is now OPEN! Student members of ASHB can apply for grants of up to $2500 for their research - see our website for more details!
And keep your eyes open for online events in the next few weeks to help you write your application 👀

Scaling relationships between Haversian canal‐to‐secondary osteon and midshaft femur cortical‐to‐total area in a human autopsy sample We report that femoral cortical thickness was strongly and negatively associated with secondary osteon porosity in an Australian autopsy sample, indicating that thicker cortices contained less porous...

Our new paper is out in @journalofanatomy.bsky.social open access!
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🦴 My newest paper out in Osteoporosis International!
Australian real-world data on romosozumab vs teriparatide vs antiresorptives. Lumbar spine BMD gains: 11.3% vs 5.0% vs 6.6%. Treatment-naïve patients benefit most.
doi.org/10.1007/s001...
#Osteoporosis #Endocrinology

New Stem Cell Therapy Rebuilds Bone in Osteoporosis, Shows 30% Density Gain In the relentless march of ageing, osteoporosis has long been a one-way street: bones thin out, fracture risk soars, and patients are sentenced to lifelong drugs that merely slow the decline. But 2025 may be remembered as the year that changed. In a clinical trial involving 180 postmenopausal women, researchers injected “primed” stem cells directly into sites of low bone density.

Stem cells primed in the lab boosted bone density by 30% in women with osteoporosis, pointing to true regeneration, not just slowing loss.
#Osteoporosis #StemCells #RegenerativeMedicine

Prevention and treatment of osteoporosis – 5 expert tips from Semmelweis University Dr. István Takács offers advice on how to keep our bones strong in the long term.

Prevention and treatment of osteoporosis – 5 expert tips from Semmelweis University - goo.gl/alerts/LwPLXZ #GoogleAlerts

Osteoporosis in men is a common but often overlooked disorder by clinicians www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#osteoporosis #MensHealth

#MedSky #EndoSky #RheumSky

Although weight loss in people with #obesity has many health benefits, it can also have adverse #skeletal effects, with increased #bone loss and #fracture risk thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#osteoporosis #weightloss #GLP-1 receptor agonists #BariatricSurgery

#MedSky #EndoSky #RheumSky

Excited to share that our PI Justyna Miszkiewicz has recently joined the Editorial Board of Annals of Human Biology. Follow @annalshumanbio.bsky.social for updates on human biology research!

📢 ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS OPEN 📢

Joint conference of the SSHB and ISGA - June 22-24 2026

📅 Abstract submission deadline 30 March 2026

📰 Society members eligible for discounted registration fees

All details below:

www.sshb.org/conference/h...

A Pre-Print of our article showing Stochastic growth marks in crocodiles is now available. The final article will follow shortly! @mariaeugeniap.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Symposia 🔍

There will be 29 themed symposia and one open general symposium at the upcoming IPC7.

📢 Today we highlight:
✨Advances on the histology of the mineralised tissues of vertebrates✨

Cross-section images of the leg bone of an extinct flightless bird, with close-ups taken through a microscope.

Bone histology of phorusrhacids (terror birds) indicates rapid, uninterrupted growth (typical of most modern birds but unlike flightless paleognaths such as ostriches and kiwi): anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🪶🧪 (📷Dreyer et al.)

Searching for dinosaur secrets in crocodile bones Until now, estimating how old a dinosaur was when it died has been a fairly simple process: Count up the growth rings in the fossilized bones. But new research into some of dinosaurs' living relatives...

🐊 Extra growth marks in Nile crocodiles?
Read this piece on our recent work uncovering new insights into crocodile bone histology and growth patterns. @palaeo-prof.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...

Inferring bird migration from bone isotopes and histology: A fossil‐friendly methodological framework Bird seasonal migration is a remarkable biogeographic phenomenon, yet its deep-time origin(s) and evolutionary history remain poorly understood, with the bird fossil record largely overlooked. Thi...

Inferring bird migration from bone isotopes and histology: A fossil‐friendly methodological framework - Duhamel - 2026 - Methods in Ecology and Evolution - Wiley Online Library besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Bone histology reveals life history and regional remodeling in black bears American black bears employ a dual skeletal strategy during hibernation: ribs remodel extensively, while femora maintain cortical strength to preserve locomotor capacity. This is the first comparativ...

New Publication Alert!
Our new paper on black bear bone histology is out today in the Journal of Anatomy!

Read the paper here:
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Diagram of the foot skeleton of a bird-like dinosaur, with illustrated cross-sections of select regions of bone.

Bone histology of troodontid dinosaur metatarsals from the Dinosaur Park Formation: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🪶🧪 (📷Garros et al.)

Experimental design. After 5 days of latency, all mice received a standard distraction protocol of 0.2 mm/12 h. In vivo micro-CT and histology were performed at different time points during the DO process, as indicated by arrows.

Distraction osteogenesis is used to treat limb length discrepancy and bone nonunion, deformities, and defects. Sishun Pu & coauthors developed a 4D time-lapse morphometry method to quantify bone formation and resorption: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Microscopic view of compact bone at 1000x magnification, showing an osteon with a central canal surrounded by concentric lamellae. Tiny canaliculi radiate outward, connecting osteocytes within the bone matrix.

Each of your 206 bones is a living organ!

Microscopic view of compact bone at 1000x magnification, showing an osteon with a central canal surrounded by concentric lamellae. Tiny canaliculi radiate outward, connecting osteocytes (bone cells) within the bone matrix. 🦴✨

#Histology #Anatomy

Police warn against 'false hope' as bones identified as 'non‑human' Bone fragments found during a private search for evidence relating to the disappearance of two girls in 1973 are "not human remains", according to police, who have issued a public warning against acti...

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Suggested Reading:

"Making VFA part of standard clinical DXA assessment for osteoporosis care: recommendations from the international working group on DXA best practices."

Last call! Applications for our Applied Implementation Science Fellowship Program close February 13. If you are an embedded researcher working in osteoporosis, asthma, thyroid eye disease, or IgG4-related diseases, this is the program for you! buff.ly/AkyaRnL

Did you know 1 in 5 men over the age of 50 will break a bone because of osteoporosis?

Find information about osteoporosis in men and where to find support on our web page: theros.org.uk/men

Our new paper in Bone Reports explores the potential of archaeological and palaeontological specimens to contribute to biomedical research and advance our understanding of bone remodelling processes, and further highlights avenues for future interdisciplinary collaboration in bone histology studies.

Figure showing osteocytes as drivers of bone remodelling.

In this Review, Silvia Marino & Teresita Bellido discuss the role of the parathyroid hormone 1 receptor pathway in bone homeostasis and of osteocytes as mechanosensors and drivers of bone remodelling (£) go.nature.com/43fzOI0

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Bones Breathe Too: Why Indoor Air Quality Matters for Osteoporosis - AIR SUPPORT PROJECT New research shows that indoor air pollution—from cooking, gas stoves, wildfire smoke, and even traffic exhaust that seeps indoors—can accelerate bone loss and worsen osteoporosis.

Yesterday was World Osteoporosis Day, a reminder that bone health depends on more than calcium.

Polluted indoor air can weaken bones through inflammation and toxins.

Clean air may be one of the quiet protectors of strength as we age.

airsupportproject.com/bones-breath...

Brittle Bones Aren’t Just a Woman’s Problem — Pain News Network By Paula Span, KFF Health News Ronald Klein was biking around his neighborhood in North Wales, Pennsylvania, in 2006 and tried to jump a curb. “But I was going too slow — I didn’t have enough moment...

Osteoporosis is often seen as a disease that primarily affects older women. But older men can have brittle bones too, and lack of awareness and testing for osteoporosis can result in painful and life-threatening bone fractures. bit.ly/3WPsorn