Osteoporosis: Genetic researchers take major step towards better diagnosis, treatment
Sunday, June 1, 2014 - 05:31
in Health & Medicine
A new target that may be critical for the treatment of osteoporosis, a disease which affects about 25% of post-menopausal women, has been discovered by a group of researchers. New studies in zebrafish and mice have shown that injection of human plastin 3 (PLS3) or related proteins in zebrafish where PLS3 action has been suppressed can replace its loss and repair the bone development anomalies associated with this deficiency.