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Published online 23 May 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050523-1
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Cannabis compounds blamed for bone loss
Mouse study gives hope for osteoporosis drugs.
Cannabinoid compounds found naturally in the body could accelerate the bone-wasting disease osteoporosis, according to British researchers.
The research raises hopes that a class of osteoporosis drugs could be developed to stop cannabinoid chemicals binding to receptors on the surface of cells, which might prevent bone loss.
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