Urolithiasis, also known as renal lithiasis, is a commonly occurring disease in humans. Calculi are formed in the urinary tract, including the tubular region of the kidney. Calcium phosphate crystals, ...

A new elastic calcium phosphate material that closely resembles the structure of human bone has been successfully created by a research team from the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology at the ...

RICHLAND, Wash. – Bone and enamel start with the same calcium-phosphate crystal building material but end up quite different in structure and physical properties. The difference in bone and enamel ...

While kidney stones composed predominantly of calcium phosphate are less than 10 % of total stones, the importance of this compound arises from the recent findings that calcium phosphate appears to be ...