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Double protection for weakened bones

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The protein Sema3A both restrains bone degradation and stimulates bone building in mice, suggesting a potential therapy for conditions such as osteoporosis. See Article p.69

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Figure 1: Coupling bone synthesis and degradation.

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  1. Mone Zaidi and Jameel Iqbal are at the Mount Sinai Bone Program, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA.,

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