Dr Jackie Center
Senior Research Officer; Group leader, Dubbo Osteoporosis Epidemiology, Bone and Mineral Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Email: j.center 'at' garvan.org.au
Research Group: Bone Genetics and Epidemiology
Areas of Interest
Osteoporosis, bone, fracturesNews
Genotyping takes us closer to an osteoporosis fingerprint
MEDIA RELEASE:
30 Apr 2008
Garvan collaborated with the Icelandic genetics company, deCode, in an extensive multi-nation genome-wide search to find the genes linked to osteoporosis and fracture. Five regions of interest have been identified that appear to warrant further scientific investigation.
Osteoporosis: Men told to watch their step
25 Jan 2007
Garvan scientists say that men need to realise osteoporosis is not just a disease of elderly women and that once men over the age of 60 have had a fracture, around one in three will have broken another bone within just a few years.
