If your child's been injured you may have learned about growth plates, but if not, you may not know what they are or why they are important.

Growth plate injuries, often mistaken for sprains, are common in children and adolescents and can affect bone development. These injuries occur at the ends of long bones and can result in stunted or ...

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This “blossom” is made of overlapping images of a growth plate from the bone of a two-week-old mouse. This “blossom” is made of overlapping images of a growth plate from the bone of a two-week-old ...

During the process of endochondral ossification in growth plate cartilage, hypertrophic genes are marked by both H3K27me3 and H3K4me3 to enable rapid activation when needed. In articular cartilage, ...