Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis

InOsteoporosis and Osteoarthritis expert investigatorsdetailmodern tools to enhance discovery in bone and cartilage biology and promote translational research in osteoporosis and osteoarthritis.New chapters describemethodstogenerate induced pluripotent stem cells, perform high-throughput chromatin analysis, assess loads on bone cells in vivo and in vitro, usestate-of-the artimagingtechniques to measurearticular cartilage thickness and biochemical properties, andestablishanimal modelsofosteoarthritis and bone healing.Written in the highly successfulMethods in Molecular Biologyseries format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and key tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.

Authoritative and practical, Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis shares successful techniques that can be applied to the study of either disease.