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New link found between osteoporosis and coeliac disease
Oct 07, 2009 |
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People with coeliac disease may develop osteoporosis because their immune system attacks their bone tissue, a new study has shown.
Dental researchers ID new target in fight against osteoporosis, periodontitis
May 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Osteoporosis and periodontitis are common diseases whose sufferers must cope with weakness, injury and reduced function as they lose bone more quickly than it is formed. While the mechanism ...
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Genetic disorder sheds light on enzyme's role in bone metabolism
Nov 04, 2008 |
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Pycnodysostosis, a condition from which the painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec suffered, is a genetic disease characterized by short stature. This rare disease, surprisingly, provides a window into how joints are destroyed ...
Targeting MMPs to halt advanced metastatic breast cancer
Jul 16, 2009 |
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An upcoming G&D paper reveals how two specific matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) proteins contribute to bone metastasis in advanced breast cancer - lending important new insight into the design of clinically useful small molecule ...
Tracking levels of key biomarkers reflects disease activity and progression of rheumatoid arthritis
Jun 15, 2009 |
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New research has identified biomarkers associated with inflammation and progression in joint erosion in individuals with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to the results of a new study presented at EULAR 2009, the ...
Saving teeth by using periodontal ligament regeneration
Jun 04, 2008 |
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Teeth may fall out as a result of inflammation and subsequent destruction of the tissues supporting the teeth. Dutch researcher Agnes Berendsen has investigated a possible solution to this problem. At the Academic Centre ...
Turning on adult stem cells may help repair bone
Jan 25, 2008 |
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The use of a drug to activate stem cells that differentiate into bone appears to cause regeneration of bone tissue and be may be a potential treatment strategy for osteoporosis, according to a report in the February 2008 ...
Cancer drug activates adult stem cells
Jan 28, 2008 |
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The use of a drug used in cancer treatment activates stem cells that differentiate into bone appears to cause regeneration of bone tissue and be may be a potential treatment strategy for osteoporosis, according to a report ...
Study Finds Treatment With Anabolic Hormone May Enhance Local Bone Regeneration
Dec 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In research that could open new avenues of investigation in the prevention and treatment of fractures, in bone regeneration and tissue engineering, scientists from Yale School of Medicine ...
Preventing Prostate Cancer to Bone Metastasis
Jul 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In new research on prostate cancer to bone metastasis, Dr. Phillip Trackman of Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine explains that the lysyl oxidase pro-peptide (LOX-PP) inhibits prostate ...
Scientists shine new light on inflammatory diseases
Mar 16, 2008 |
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Investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery have identified a new mechanism involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. The mechanism may also shed some light on why gene therapy ...
New cause of osteoporosis: Mutation in a miroRNA
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Many biological processes are controlled by small molecules known as microRNAs, which work by suppressing the expression of specific sets of genes. Xiang-Hang Luo and colleagues, at Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South ...
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