Tag: bones

Denosumab Has Edge on Alendronate for Steroid-Induced Bone Loss

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Long-term glucocorticoid (GC) users see greater gains in spine bone-mineral density when treated with the monoclonal antibody denosumab versus oral alendronate, a small clinical trial shows. The drug also proved superior at lowering bone-turnover markers at 12 months, researchers in Hong Kong report in Bone. “Denosumab may be considered as

Discovery of blood vessel system in bones

A network of very fine blood vessels that connects bone marrow directly with the blood supply of the periosteum that was previously overlooked has now been discovered by Dr. Anika Grüneboom, a young researcher who is now working at Universitätsklinikum Erlangen. She made this groundbreaking discovery while working on her doctoral thesis at Universität Duisburg-Essen