/epi-biostat-occh/taxonomy/term/225/all en /epi-biostat-occh/channels/news/montreal-researchers-identify-rare-gene-variation-involved-bone-disease-255269 <p>A team of international researchers, led by Brent Richards of McGill University and the Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital, published their findings Monday of a rare gene variation that offers a protective quality for bone density. “What’s interesting about this variation is that it has an effect on bone density and fracture twofold larger than anything we’ve found previously — twofold larger than anything anyone in the world has found previously, I should say,” Richards told the Montreal Gazette.</p> Tue, 15 Sep 2015 18:42:57 +0000 kyla.hosie@mcgill.ca 9841 at /epi-biostat-occh