HOUSTON - In the first scientific study of its kind, shark cartilage extract, AE-941 or Neovastat, has shown no benefit as a therapeutic agent when combined with chemotherapy and radiation for ...

Long before modern great whites prowled the seas, a colossal shark cruised the warm shallows off northern Australia. Its ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Shark cartilage was once widely promoted as an anti-cancer agent and is ...

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The past couple of decades have seen scores of trendy fad diets and remedies for our many ills. And, full of hope and looking for the easy solution, we buy the books and the products, and we ...

An X-ray nanotomography reconstruction of the intermedial cartilage of a blacktip shark. The colors indicate the thickness of the struts, with red representing thicker areas and blue indicating ...

The evolution of the shark is not what most people would expect. Instead of sharks evolving from a massive predator, the original creature was a small, leaf-shaped fish. This fish lacked eyes and fins ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Sharks ...

Cartilage is a specialized tissue made out of chondrocytes that make up the structures of cartilage and the extracellular matrix that keeps cells united and communicated, and nurtures their mobility.

Using synchrotron X-ray nanotomography with detailed 3D imaging and in-situ mechanical testing, researchers are peering inside shark skeletons at the nanoscale, revealing a microscopic 'sharkitecture' ...