Tag: Osteoporosis

  • Nation & World

    ‘Exercise hormone’ found to target key bone cells

    Scientists have discovered that irisin, a hormone released by muscles during exercise, directly acts on key regulatory cells that control the breakdown and formation of bone.

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  • Nation & World

    Bone loss study takes flight

    When the final mission of NASA’s 30-year Space Shuttle program is launched on Friday (July 8), an animal experiment to test a novel therapy to increase bone mass will be on board. Harvard Medical School Asssistant Professor Mary Bouxsein is among the lead researchers.

    4 minutes