NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc other research news

NPSP's NPS Allelix Corp. subsidiary (Toronto, Ontario) said that osteoblasts cultured in microgravity produced 22 percent less bone compared to cells cultured on Earth, but that ALX 1-11 improved bone growth in microgravity by 68 percent. The company suggested that the compound could be useful to treat space-induced bone loss. Data were presented at the NASA/NIH meeting in Washington. ...