Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Bear serum prevents osteoporosis?




Over 40 million americans are at risk for developing Osteoporosis. It is an unfortunate disease doing highly destructive and degrading damage to your bones due to disuse. Currently, it accounts for $20 billion in health care funds, but imagine if we could find a way to slow the effects or completely forget about it. Bears spend six to eight months in hibernation, not using any of their bones or muscles, but this does not affect their structures. The serum element creatinine, which has linked with hibernation in bears and its apoptosis-inhibiting qualities might be able to prevent or limit the apoptosis of bone-constructing cells, osteoblasts. What if this was the solution to osteoporosis!

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