Bone Abstracts

Bone is a tissue that continually adapts to changing external loading conditions (so-called modeling) and has the capacity for self-repair and renewal (remodeling). These processes construct and reconstruct the skeleton by the removal and formation of bone packets that mediate the size, architecture, mass, and consequently the bone’s strength, allow bones to perform their mechanical functions successfully over long periods of time. Both adaptation and self-repair are beli...

Biographical DetailsBettina WillieBettina Willie is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatric Surgery at McGill University and an investigator at Shriners Hospitals for Children - Canada. She is an Associate Member of the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Surgery. She earned a doctoral degree in Bioengineering from the University...