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SUBMITTER: Cawthray JF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6054118 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chemical science 20150803 11
Bone density diseases such as osteoporosis affect a significant number of people worldwide. Lanthanide ions are functional mimics of calcium ions, able to substitute for Ca<sup>2+</sup> in the bone mineral component, hydroxyapatite (HAP). Bone undergoes a continuous remodelling cycle and lanthanides can affect this cycle, exerting a positive influence on bone mineral. We have been engaged in efforts to find new lanthanide containing complexes as active agents for treatment of these diseases and ...[more]