NIH Awards $1.6M Grant to Dr. Ernesto Canalis for Osteoporosis Treatment

The National Institute of Arthritis Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, has granted $1,640,000 to Ernesto Canalis, MD, director of research at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, Conn., according to a press release.

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The purpose of the grant is to study a new signal, how it affects the function of specialized cells embedded in the bone matrix and its possible role in certain forms of osteoporosis.

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