CURRENT ISSUE: January 2010
NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
On behalf of IBMS BoneKEy, I wish to thank you, our readers, for your support of BoneKEy in 2009. Thanks to your loyalty to BoneKEy, more than 22,000 readers visited BoneKEy in 2009, an excellent showing for our online Knowledge Environment. In addition, I thank our many authors and peer reviewers in 2009, whose efforts and expertise help ensure the high quality of content you can always expect to find on BoneKEy. I look forward to continued success in 2010 -- be on the lookout for new features and initiatives throughout the year -- and I wish all of you a very happy and healthy New Year.
--Serge Ferrari, IBMS BoneKEy Editor-in-Chief
Myostatin (GDF-8) as a Therapeutic Target for the Prevention of Osteoporotic Fractures
By Mark W. Hamrick
What role might agents that target myostatin have in future osteoporosis therapies? Dr. Hamrick discusses the in vitro and in vivo work leading to the clinical development of myostatin inhibitors as novel therapeutic agents for the prevention of bone fractures.
Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone and McCune-Albright Syndrome
By Roland D. Chapurlat
In his review, Dr. Chapurlat reviews the role of the GNAS mutation; detection of mutated bone cells; and various therapies, including the use of bisphosphonates.
View BoneKEy's Introduction to Clinical Osteoporosis Teaching Slide Set
Is the Genomics Glass Half Empty or Almost Completely Empty?
By John A. Eisman
A recent Annals of Internal Medicine meta-analysis from Richards et al. of candidate genes in association with osteoporosis and osteoporotic fracture offered some disappointing results; Dr. Eisman discusses the implications of the study for the future of osteoporosis genomics.
From the IX International Meeting on Cancer Induced Bone Disease:
Biology and Treatment of Prostate Cancer Bone Metastasis
By John M. Chirgwin
Claire M. Edwards
Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Cancer Stem Cells, and the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Niche
By Elisabeth A. Pedersen, Yusuke Shiozawa and Russell S. Taichman
Imaging and Proteomics of Bone Metastasis
By Serk In Park and Laurie K. McCauley
Tumor-Associated Osteoclastogenesis and Angiogenesis
By Toshio Matsumoto and Masahiro Abe
Coming Soon: The program and abstracts from the CIBD meeting will soon be appearing in Bone. Stay tuned...
DID YOU MISS?
Advances in Therapeutics: Meeting Report from the 31st Annual Meeting of the ASBMR
MEETING SUPPLEMENTS
IBMS Sun Valley Workshop: Musculoskeletal Biology
1st Advances in Rare Bone Diseases Scientific Conference
UPCOMING EVENT
IBMS Davos Workshops 2010
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