Periodic Reporting for period 1 - GOTBONE (Novel mechanisms of site-specific regulation of bone strength for the prevention of osteoporotic fractures: a translational project)

With increasing age of the population, european countries are facing a substantial increase in osteoporotic fractures (occuring in 53% of women and 20% of men after 50 years1), that are associated with mortality, especially at the hip2. Nearly 4 million osteoporotic bone...