Bone Remodeling Technique Could Lead to New Osteoporosis Therapies
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January 27, 2021
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Scientists at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst’s Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS) say they have developed a technique to replicate bone tissue complexity and bone remodeling processes. They believe their work could help researchers further their study of bone biology and assist in improving development of drugs for osteoporosis.
Science Advances.
“Trabecular bone maintains physiological homeostasis and consistent structure and mass through repeated cycles of bone remodeling by means of tightly localized regulation. The molecular and cellular processes that regulate localized bone remodeling are poorly understood because of a lack of relevant experimental models,” write the investigators.
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A multidisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst s Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS) have developed a technique to replicate bone tissue complexity and bone remodeling processes. This breakthrough could help researchers further their study of bone biology and assist in improving development of drugs for osteoporosis.
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Science Advances, the researchers developed a new biomaterial they call demineralized bone paper. The team includes Jungwoo Lee, Yongkuk Park, Ryan Carpenter, chemical engineering; Eugene Cheong, biochemistry and microbiology; Jun-Goo Kwak, molecular and cellular biology graduate program; and Jae-Hyuck Shim of the UMass Medical School in Worcester.
A multidisciplinary team of researchers at UMass Amherst’s Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS) have developed a technique to replicate bone tissue complexity and bone remodeling processes. This breakthrough could help researchers further their study of bone biology and assist in improving development of drugs for osteoporosis.