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The role of TNFRSF11B in development of osteoarthritic cartilage.
The role of TNFRSF11B in development of osteoarthritic cartilage. Rheumatology (Oxford) | 2022 Feb 2;61(2):856-864. | doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab440 Rodríguez Ruiz A, Tuerlings M, Das A, Coutinho de Almeida R, Suchiman HED, Nelissen RGHH, Ramos YFM, Meulenbelt I. Abstract Objectives: OA is a complex genetic disease with different risk factors contributing to its development. One of [...]
Leiden master’s student cracks epigenetic clock that predicts age – newsitem LUMC 14-01-2022
Researchers can accurately determine how old a person is based on the calibration of the DNA. To do this, they use a so-called epigenetic clock. Master's student Thomas Jonkman has now, nine years after the discovery, unravelled how this clock exactly works: it turns out to keep track of the ageing of our immune [...]