Bone Fragility: The Neglected Role of Cortical Porosity

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/566916

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Cortical (outer shell) or compact bone constitutes 80% of the skeleton. It is not solid as implied by its name but made of inter-connected canals resembling a network of roads. We recently discovered that most of the bone loss with age occurs from these canals, not from t rabecular bone as currently believed. This suggests to know why and how bone breaks requires the study of the morphology of these canals and how they change with age. This is what we propose to do. It has never been done.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 01-01-2011

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $620,381.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Nutritional science

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Fragility fracture | age-related skeletal disorders | biomechanics | disability | endocrinology | hip fracture | histomorphometry | osteoporosis

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