New Technique Yields Troves of Information From Nanoscale Bone Samples (IMAGE)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

New Technique Yields Troves of Information From Nanoscale Bone Samples

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A new technique developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute allows researchers to collect large amounts of biochemical information from nanoscale bone samples. Pictured is a human cortical bone sample at 20x magnification. Along with adding important new insights into the fight against osteoporosis, this innovation opens up an entirely new proteomics-based approach to analyzing bone quality. It could even aid the archeological and forensic study of human skeletons.

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