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Accelerated bone turnover remains after weight loss

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created Jul 28, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

When a person is losing a significant amount of weight, they expect to notice changes in their body. However, they may overlook changes happening in their bones. During weight loss through calorie-restricted diets, bones ...





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Study reveals bone coupling factor key to skeletal health (w/ Video)

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created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have discovered a molecular coupling factor that helps bones grow and remodel themselves to stay strong, a finding that could lead to better bone-building therapies ...


Targeting MMPs to halt advanced metastatic breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


Placement of dental implants results in minimal bone loss

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created May 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Dental implants are frequently used as a replacement for missing teeth in order to restore the patient's tooth function and appearance. Previous research demonstrates that the placement of a dental implant disrupts the host ...


Denosumab increases bone density, cuts fracture risk in prostate cancer survivors

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created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Twice-yearly treatment with denosumab, a new targeted therapy to stop bone loss, increased bone density and prevented spinal fractures in men receiving androgen-deprivation therapy for prostate cancer. The report from an ...


Bone marrow cells may significantly reduce risk of second heart attack

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created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cells from heart attack survivors' own bone marrow reduced the risk of death or another heart attack when they were infused into the affected artery after successful stent placement, according to research reported in the ...


Study Finds Treatment With Anabolic Hormone May Enhance Local Bone Regeneration

Study Finds Treatment With Anabolic Hormone May Enhance Local Bone Regeneration

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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 ...


Bone formation from embryonic stem cells

Bone formation from embryonic stem cells

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created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Jojanneke Jukes of the University of Twente, The Netherlands, has succeeded in growing bone tissue with the help of embryonic stem cells for the first time.


Nanoscale changes in collagen are a tipoff to bone health

Nanoscale changes in collagen are a tipoff to bone health

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created 21 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Using a technique that provides detailed images of nanoscale structures, researchers at the University of Michigan and Detroit's Henry Ford Hospital have discovered changes in the collagen component of bone ...


Researchers identify protein involved in causing gum disease, osteoporosis, arthritis

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created Aug 30, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery, collaborating with researchers from other institutions, have contributed to the discovery that a gene called interferon regulator factor-8 (IRF-8) is involved in the development ...


Ring-around-the-cell

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created Mar 27, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breaking down bone is a tough job. Yet, our bones undergo remodeling every day of our lives, as old material is cleared away so that new bone can form. In diseases such as osteoporosis, an imbalance in this process is responsible ...



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