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According to study conclusions, this uncommon genetic variant has a major influence on bone mineral density, which is major predictor of osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures.<\/p>\n<p>Xavier Nogu\u00e9s and Nat\u00e0lia Garcia Giralt, experts at the Service of Internal Medicine of the Hospital del Mar and the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM) also participate in the paper (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/26367794\" id=\"yui_patched_v3_11_0_1_1442932358437_226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">doi:10.1038\/nature14878<\/a>), which is led by Brent Richards, professor at McGill University (Montreal, Canada).<\/p>\n<p>The study\u00a0is part of a research line on bone pathologies developed by the Centre for Biomedical Network Research on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), led by professors Daniel Grinberg and Susana Balcells (Department of Genetics of the UB and IBUB) with the collaboration of experts on internal medicine from the Hospital del Mar and the IMIM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Un uncommon variant of the gene\u00a0EN1\u00a0contributes to bone mineral density and osteoporotic fractures, according to a study recently published in the journal Nature. 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