In the latest experiment, researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California, determined that the protein injection can improve bone healing. Research conducted on rats, showed the protein Wnt increase speeds fracture healing in rats. The research team hopes to be able to apply these findings in the field of medicine.
Generally, this type of protein plays an important role in the growth process of the human skeleton. What the team did was create a small capsule, which is then used to deliver the protein directly to the site of injury. Stanford expert, Roel Nusse, leader of the investigation, saying that triggers bone growth protein in just a few days.
"This is a technological advancement, and the fact that Wnt increases bone regeneration is an important finding. They use a very clever way to deliver Wnt in bone" said Gerard Karsenty Physiologists framework, which is based at Columbia University, in Ithaca, New York. This molecule is very efficient to induce the formation of bone and tissue regeneration. Like most other protein, Wnt-shaped blob, that's why this protein was not able to reach the location of pain by itself, but must be in the injection. This discovery appears in the April 28 issue of the esteemed publication Science Translational Medicine.
