7/27/2010 PERMALINK
Researchers find that insufficient amounts of the the protein neogenin causes fragile bones. These days, when researchers identify the cause of a problem, this discovery tends to be followed fairly shortly by the discovery of a genetic tweak to fix it. The latest such report is that too little of a protein called neogenin results in a smaller skeleton during development and sets the stage for a lifelong fragile bone framework, according to research at the Medical College of Georgia.