Elie Dolgin | Jun 28, 2009 | 3 min read
A fusion protein that ferries a healthy version of a bone-related enzyme gone awry has shown early clinical success in treating a rare bone disorder with no known therapy, researchers reported earlier this month at the Endocrine Society's linkurl:annual meeting;http://www.endo-society.org/endo/ in Washington, DC. The drug -- which is essentially a protein-based enzyme delivery mechanism -- could open the door to treatments of other skeletal disorders that have so far been deemed untreatable. Ra