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New Bone Growth Substance for Treatment ofOsteoporosis and Bone Fracture Healing

Hiroki Yokota, PhDBiomedical Engineering, IUPUI

Make bone strong!

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rest/recoveryphosphorylated

eIF2eIF2

stress to endoplasmic

reticulum (ER)

damage/aging

oxidation

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hypoxiaischemia

nutrientdeprivation

salubrinal

Rationale

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Selection of vehicles (RISC support)

• Non toxic• Good solubility

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diffusion

convection

circulation

subcutaneoustissue

blood

moleculartransport

molecularturnoverinjection

Pharmacokinetics

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Acknowledgements

• Ping Zhang, IUSOM; Andy Chen, UCSD; Guofeng Wang, U. Pittsburg

• Matt Rubin, IURTC

• IU Kelly School of Business, Business of Life Sciences students

• DoD Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program

• Teresita Bellido, Anatomy & Cell Biology, IUSOM

• Munro Peacock, Endocrinology, IUSOM

• Jeffrey Anglen, Orthopedic Surgery, IUSOM