Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.
ISSCR

Site Tools

  • AAAS
  • Subscribe
  • Feedback

Site Search

Search Advanced

Sci. Aging Knowl. Environ., 28 April 2004
Vol. 2004, Issue 17, p. nf45
[DOI: 10.1126/sageke.2004.17.nf45]

NEWS FOCUS

Bad to the Bone

Proteins that build skeletons in embryos promote bone loss in the aged

Mitch Leslie

http://sageke.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2004/17/nf45

Abstract: A turncoat lurks in the elderly skeleton. New research shows that proteins that build bone during youth promote its destruction later in life by prodding bone-dissolving cells into action. The results could lead to treatments to strengthen aging bone and fight diseases such as osteoporosis.

Citation: M. Leslie, Bad to the Bone. Sci. Aging Knowl. Environ. 2004 (17), nf45 (2004).

Read the Full Text

ADVERTISEMENT
Click Me!

ADVERTISEMENT
Click Me!

To Advertise     Find Products