Calcitonin News
Unigene States That New Government Study Reports That Many Osteoporosis Medications Prevent Fractures, but None is Proven Best
Unigene Laboratories, Inc. (OTCBB: UGNE) reports that a comparative analysis of various osteoporosis therapies has been published, concluding that there is insufficient evidence to support claims of superior effectiveness among...
Calcitonin Inhibits Osteoclast Formation in Mouse Hematopoetic Cells Independently of Transcriptional Regulation by RANK and c-Fms
The effects of calcitonin (CT) on osteoclast formation and gene expression have been studied in cultured mouse spleen cells and mouse bone marrow macrophages (BMM).
Calcitonin May Be Disease-Modifier Drug for Osteoarthritis
Calcitonin, a drug which is widely used to treat Paget's disease of bone and osteoporosis may also potentially be able to slow or counteract cartilage damage. To date, there has been no drug or osteoarthritis treatment which was...
Calcitonin measurement in wash-out fluid from fine needle aspiration of neck masses in patients with primary and metastatic medullary thyroid carcinoma
Objective: To evaluate the usefulness of calcitonin (CT) assay in fine needle aspiration biopsy (CT-FNAB) wash-out fluid alone or combined to cytology in the pre-surgical study of medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) patients with...
Identification of occult metastases of medullary thyroid carcinoma by pentagastrin-stimulated intravenous calcitonin sampling followed by targeted surgery
Background High calcitonin (CT) serum levels suggest metastatic spread in medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) after thyroidectomy. In limited disease stages, however, morphological investigations including ultrasound, magnetic...