How to build bone: Separate bone formation from bone destruction
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 - 15:35
in Biology & Nature
Treatments for osteoporosis need to increase the amount and/or quality of bone. As bone formation is tightly coupled to bone destruction, researchers looking to develop new approaches to build bone in individuals with osteoporosis need to identify ways to separate the two processes. New research has now identified one way to do this in mice.