title: Why fund basic science research? Case in point: osteocytes.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001857:Bone Matrix / Q000166:cytology; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D006801:Humans; D010011:Osteocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure