Under new manager Paulo Sousa, Williams has continued to form the back-bone of Swansea's defence this season and also has two goals.

BBC: Williams takes top Welsh awards

Wales scored all three of its tries against Ireland after line breaks by its jumbo-sized back division, including two bone-crushing runs by North.

WSJ: Wales Unleashes Its Behemoths

The left-hander, coming back from offseason left elbow bone spur surgery, gave up six hits, three walks and had four strikeouts.

WSJ: Wells drives in run in debut, Yanks and Astros tie

Leinster full-back Girvan Dempsey took a bang on his collar bone during Vincent Clerc's second try and his fitness will be assessed over the coming days.

BBC: IRFU still 'backing' O'Sullivan

Opposing them was insatiable Alabama, the defending champions back in the hunt despite losing six players from their bone-crushing defense to the NFL draft.

WSJ: Alabama Beats Georgia in SEC Championship: The SEC Officially Rules the Universe

What we see is a skull that a 19th-century Borneo tribesman has reworked, re-creating facial features with resin while leaving the bone at the back of the head exposed.

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SCID, for example, bone-marrow precursor cells can be removed, treated and then injected back into place.

ECONOMIST: The prospects for using genes as a therapy may be improving

But as Matthew Herper observed back in June, Medtronic has received something of a black eye this year in connection with its promotion of a key product, recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2, (rhBMP-2) which is designed to speed healthy bone growth and fusion in patients with back pain.

FORBES: Medtronic Gets A Pain In The Back

The most serious bunions are treated with a joint-fusion surgical procedure known as a lapidus bunionectomy, in which the first metatarsal and the next bone back, a cuneiform, are fused together.

WSJ: Young People Also Weigh Surgery to Relieve Ugly, Painful Bunions