第三届国际骨质疏松研讨会学术研讨概况

在西安于今年３月３１日至４月３日召开的第三届国际骨质疏松研讨会上，来自各国的骨矿研究领域的专家学者，进行了广泛的学术交流。主要交流的内容有：基础科学，包括分子生物学、骨细胞及矿物代谢的激素调节；骨质疏松动物实验，包括转基因或去基因小鼠、各种防治骨质疏松方法的临床前试验；骨质疏松流行病学调查；诊断方法，包括高分辨率 Ｃ Ｔ、显微 Ｃ Ｔ、磁共振成像等高级影像技术；以及骨质疏松的临床防治。此外，有许多报道介绍了中药在临床前研究及临床应用

An update of basic and clinical aspects of osteoporosis research:a review of the third international congress on osteoporosis

At the Third International Congress on Osteoporosis in Xi'an from March 31 to April3,1999, experts and scientists in the field of bone and m ineralresearch from allover the w orld presentedtheir data on basic research including m olecular biology and horm one regulations on bone cellular andm ineral m etabolism , on anim al m odels of osteoporosis including transgenic m ice and preclinicalstudiesof different approaches to preventing and treating various kinds of osteoporosis, on epidem iology of os teoporosis, on diagnosis including advanced im aging technology such as high resolution C T/m icro C Tand m agnetic resonance im aging, and on clinical prevention and treatm ent. Som e prom ising results of Chinese traditionalm edicine researches for prevention and treatm entin both preclinicaland clinicalstud ies w ere also presented. In this review article, presentations of the cutting edge research in these fieldsat the congress are sum m arized.