bone-forming


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bone-forming

adjective Referring to a tumour that intrinsically produces bone.

Examples
Osteoid osteoma, osteoblastoma, osteosarcoma.
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Consequences of that included another shift that normally occurs with age as we make more bone-eating osteoclasts than bone-forming osteoblasts.
Small Molecule Plays Big Role In weaker Bones As We Age
* Most anti-osteoporosis drugs act mainly by stopping osteoclast activity, with little impact on bone-forming osteoblasts.
PQQ Prevents Bone Loss in Male Mice. (REPORT)
Fibrous dysplasia also known as Lichtenstein - Jaffe disease, is a non inherited skeletal disorder in which bone-forming cells fail to mature and produce too much fibrous or connective tissue.
POLYOSTOTIC FIBROUS DYSPLASIA
The new trial will compare the effectiveness of the osteoblastic (bone-forming) product Preob to other treatments, and will run until late 2017.
Grow your own bones ..
Our lab researches mechanisms by which cadmium induces apoptosis in bone-forming osteoblasts.
Investigating the role of lysosomal membrane permeabilization in cadmium-induced apoptosis in osteoblast-like cells
A year-long, double-blind study, presented at the 2011 European Congress on Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis, found that strontium ranelate "exerts significantly greater bone-forming activity than the bisphosphonate alendronate [Fosamax]," writes Megan Brooks for Medscape.
Strontium for osteoporosis
The Karolinska's research team said more research is required to confirm the success of the grafts and are hopeful that injection of bone-forming stem cells in utero can help prevent future [TEXT INCOMPLETE IN ORIGINAL SOURCE]
Babies with osteogenesis imperfecta may be successfully treated by stem cell grafts
Bone-forming tumors such as osteomas are uncommon in domestic animals and are extremely rare in free-living and captive birds.
Osteoma in a blue-fronted Amazon Parrot (Amazona aestiva)
"The biomineralized nanoclays also impart osteogenic or bone-forming abilities to the scaffold to enable birth of bone," said Dr.
Novel method uses clays to grow human bone
Fish: Calcium may be the chief bone-forming mineral, but it's nothing without its sidekick vitamin D, which is necessary for calcium absorption.
Health Watch: Food for bone health
Signaling, or messaging, initiated by BMP2 and targeted to other bone-forming molecules along the BMP2 signaling pathway "is absolutely essential for building and reforming bone," Chen says.
Building baby's tiny bones: formulas and mother's milk analyzed in animal study
"Vitamin D clearly has an effect on bone-forming cells," he says.
Higher vitamin D levels linked with better bisphosphonate response: bone-building drugs need a boost from vitamin D, study shows

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