ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

Preface: It has been an exciting year for life science in the skeletal research field with several seminal findings ranging from basic science and genetics to novel successful treatments. The powerful technology of cell-tracing is developing and is bringing new understanding to the identity and behaviour of skeletal stem cells. Two reports in Nature have identified the perichondrial stem cell pool that contribute bone cells to the periosteum as well as the behaviour o...