New Technique Yields Troves of Information From Nanoscale Bone Samples, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Study

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.