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Bone Research

New bone research reported from Yale University, Medical Department

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, April 6th, 2008

According to recent research from the United States, "The abilities of bone to remodel, fractures to repair, and bone grafts to incorporate are all fundamental reflections of the bone remodeling cycle. This process is characterized by the recruitment and differentiation of osteoblastic and osteoclastic cell populations, whose cellular activities are coordinated and regulated by an elaborate system of growth factors and cytokines."

"One of the crucial biological factors responsible for reparative osseous activity is plate let-derived growth factor (PDGF). The potent stimulatory effects of PDGF as a chemoattractant and mitogen for mesenchymal cells (including osteogenic...

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