Duke University Researchers Develop New Bone-Growing Therapy

Duke University researchers have discovered a mechanism of bone formation in mice that works without inducing complementary bone breakdown, according to a report by UPI.

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The researchers found a molecule called beta-arrestin that can cause bone to form and then discovered a way to reduce the loss of bone, while stimulating bone growth.

The research was reported in the inaugural issue of the journal Science Translational Medicine.

Read UPI’s report on a new bone-growing therapy.

 

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