A study conducted by researchers from the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin revealed the evolution of ossification patterns in the backbones of four-legged vertebrates. Antoine Verrière and his ...

The vertebral bones that form the spine are derived from a distinct type of stem cell that secretes a protein promoting tumor metastases, according to a study led by researchers at Weill Cornell ...

The vertebral column’s most important physiologic function is protecting the spinal cord, which is the main avenue for communication between the brain and the rest of the body. The spinal cord is ...

IT is now nearly forty years since Dr. Gadow and Miss Abbott published their well-known paper on “The Evolution of the Vertebral Columns” in the Philosophical Transactions of 1895-96, the first ...