Discovery Of Protein That Controls Bone Growth May Lead To New Treatments For Bone Diseases Affecting Skeletal Growth

A research team led by Dr. Pierre Moffatt of the Shriners Hospital for Children in Montreal and McGill University’s Department of Human Genetics has uncovered the molecular mechanism by which the protein osteocrin controls bone growth — a discovery that may have important implications for people suffering from bone diseases affecting skeletal growth. The team’s findings appear in the December 14 edition of the Journal of Biological Chemistry. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Bones on December 20th, 2007