New Osteoporosis Drugs in the Works

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Two experimental osteoporosis drugs are getting attention from bone experts -- and may become the first biologic drugs to treat osteoporosis. Both these drugs work by targeting osteoclasts--the cells that break down bone--giving their bone-building counterparts, called osteoblasts, time to catch up.

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Early Stage Bone Cells Produce Potential Estrogen Substitute,

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Cells on their way to forming bone also produce an estrogen-like substance that mimics the naturally occurring female sex hormone estradiol, investigators at the Yale School of Medicine reported Monday in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Researchers hope such a molecule might provide some of the benefits but, hopefully, not the health risk of traditional hormonal therapies for menopause and bone loss.

Researchers in the laboratories of Thomas L

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