Saturday 31 May 2014

Better Diagnosis and Treatment for Osteoporosis on the Way

A new study has found a new target that could be helpful for the treatment of osteoporosis, which affects around 25% of post-menopausal women. New studies in zebrafish and mice have shown that injection of human plastin 3 (PLS3) or related proteins in zebrafish where PLS3 action has been suppressed can replace its loss and repair the bone development anomalies associated with this deficiency. Furthermore, overexpression of human (PLS3) in normal mice had a significant ...

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