Osteoporosis
Researchers' work adds to osteoporosis body of knowledge
Published in Women's Health Weekly, February 17th, 2005
Study 1: Researchers in Scotland have further studied the TNFRSF1B gene and its possible role in osteoporosis susceptibility.
In their current study, they looked at "the relationship between a promoter polymorphism in the TNFRSF1B gene and bone mineral density (BMD), and determined whether this polymorphism interacts with other polymorphisms in TNFRSF1B to regulate bone mass, bone loss, and osteoporotic fracture."
P.N. Tasker at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and colleagues wrote, "The TNFRSF1B gene, which encodes the p75 TNF receptor, is a...
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