UCLA Researchers Find Protein Combination Could Improve Bone Regeneration

EurekAlert (1/28) hosted a release announcing “a UCLA research team has found a combination of proteins that could significantly improve clinical bone restoration.” The findings, which will appear in the February print edition of the American Journal of Pathology, “may be a big step toward developing effective therapeutic treatments for bone skeletal defects, bone loss and osteoporosis.” Dr. Kang Ting, professor at the UCLA School of Dentistry, said, “The combination of NELL-1 and BMP2 resulted in improved safety and efficacy of bone regeneration in animal models – and may, one day, offer patients significantly better bone healing.”