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CURRENT ISSUE: November-December 2011

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NOTE FROM THE EDITORS

THE NEW BONEKEY SITE IS NOW LIVE! Please CLICK HERE to visit the new IBMS BoneKEy web site!
It is an exciting time for BoneKEy! BoneKEy has been re-launched in partnership with Nature Publishing Group. Along with many new and improved web site features, you can continue to expect the publication of the highest-quality, peer-reviewed content, including review articles, editorials, literature selections, meeting reports, and news. Be sure to sign up for the new IBMS BoneKEy e-alert (see below) to stay abreast of these new developments. Enjoy your reading this month on the new BoneKEy, best wishes for the New Year, and please check out the newly relaunched BoneKEy HERE!
--The Editors

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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Beginning in January 2012, the IBMS BoneKEy e-alert newsletter will be powered through Nature Publishing Group. Ensure you don’t miss out and register for the new IBMS BoneKEy alert, which includes content from the BoneKEy Knowledge Environment and from BoneKEy Reports, the new online journal from IBMS and Nature Publishing Group. Please CLICK HERE to sign up for the e-alert.


BONEKEY ONCOLOGY

See this month's Cancer and Bone ASBMR Meeting Report by T. John Martin, and CLICK HERE to view all the content in BoneKEy Oncology.



A new slideset, "Clinical Perspectives on the Treatment of Bone Metastasis," is now available from The Bone and Cancer Foundation. Please CLICK HERE to download the complete slide set.

COMMENTARIES

When Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein Protects Mice Against Osteoarthritis

By Martine Cohen-Solal

The author analyzes "Genetic evidence of the regulatory role of parathyroid hormone-related protein in articular chondrocyte maintenance in an experimental mouse model," a recent paper by Macica et al. (Arthritis Rheum. 2011 Nov;63(11):3333-43).

MEETING REPORTS

Meeting Reports from the 33rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research:

Cancer and Bone

By T. John Martin


Chondrocytes and Cartilage Biology

By Tatsuya Kobayashi


Osteoimmunology

By Roberto Pacifici


Bone Acquisition/Pediatric Bone

By Saija Kontulainen, Chantal Kawalilak, and J.D. Johnston

BONEKEY GENETICS

BoneKEy Genetics

New genes added to BoneKEy Genetics this month include:
—LRP5 (Markatseli et al. Association of the A1330V and V667M polymorphisms of LRP5 with bone mineral density in Greek peri- and postmenopausal women. Maturitas. 2011 Oct;70(2):188-93.)

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