Many corals and sponges form skeletons that support and shape their bodies. Whereas biomineralization—the formation of these skeletons—has been intensively studied in corals, the main ecosystem ...

Molluscan shells arise from a highly orchestrated process in which specialised mantle tissues secrete an organic matrix that scaffolds the nucleation and growth of calcium carbonate polymorphs. Two ...

Biomineralisation in breast cancer denotes the regulated deposition of mineral phases within malignant tissue, most notably through the formation of microcalcifications. These microscale calcium ...