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Boosting a key protein to help bones that won’t heal

When a patient breaks a bone, there’s a possibility the fracture won’t heal properly or quickly even with the aid of pins, plates or a cast.

When a patient breaks a bone, there’s a possibility the fracture won’t heal properly or quickly even with the aid of pins, plates or a cast. The use of another restorative tactic known as bone morphogenetic proteins, or BMPs, is increasingly less likely. Designed to promote spinal fusion and bone repair more than a decade ago, these molecules can overperform, cause excessive or misdirected bone growth, studies have shown. But because bone-healing biological research has often been limited, few other options exist. “Novel therapies have gone underdeveloped because of this assumption that bones heal without a problem,” says Kurt Hankenson, a

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