STUDY IDENTIFIES PROTEIN RESPONSIBLE FOR MECHANISM BEHIND BONE LOSS

Posted on: Wednesday, 08/07/2019

FINDINGS

Researchers from the UCLA School of Dentistry have provided insight into how the mechanical process of bone loss works and have also identified a protein that is responsible for recycling of the cells that can also promote bone loss. The team showed that by eliminating a key protein responsible for the activation of bone loss, there is the potential to control the level of bone loss a person would develop.