Reversal cells may tip the balance between bone formation and resorption in health and disease
Thursday, June 6, 2013 - 11:30
in Health & Medicine
By analyzing biopsy specimens from patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis and primary hyperparathyroidism, investigators have begun to pay increasing attention to "reversal cells," which prepare for bone formation during bone remodeling. The hope is that these reversal cells will become critical therapeutic targets that may someday prevent osteoporosis and other bone disorders.