Sunday 19 October 2014

Healing of Bone Fractures Influenced by Common Gene Variants

Penn State College of Medicine researchers suggest that slow-healing or non-healing bone fractures in otherwise healthy people may be caused by gene variants that are common in the population. "We found associations between certain gene polymorphisms and delayed fracture healing in a sample of patients," said J. Spence Reid, professor of orthopaedics and rehabilitation. "Our study was preliminary but it demonstrated the feasibility of a larger one, which we're now ...

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