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American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Annual Meeting Oct. 12-15

October 2nd, 2012

The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) 2012 Annual Meeting is the largest scientific meeting in the world on bone and mineral metabolism, offering an exceptional scientific program on innovative research, technology and new clinical treatments in bone diseases and disorders of mineral metabolism.

This year's Annual Meeting, being held in Minneapolis, Minnesota USA, October 12 – 15, 2012, brings together an estimated 5,000 researchers and clinicians from more than 60 countries.

The meeting includes lectures and symposia plus more than 1,400 poster presentations and 200 oral presentations.

A Sampling of Highlights

Friday, October 12

  • Gerald D. Aurbach Memorial Lecture: Prospects for Therapies with Adult Stem/Progenitor Cells (MSCs) or Proteins They Produce

    Friday, October 12, 8:15-9:15 am (Main Auditorium)

    Keynote Speaker: Darwin J. Prockop, M.D., Ph.D., Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Medicine

  • Secondary Fracture Prevention Task Force Report – An Update, 10 – 11:00 am (Room 101C)
  • Symposium: Fracture Healing: Creating a Path to Regulatory Success, 1:30 – 3:00 pm (Auditorium Room 1)
  • ASBMR/ECTS Clinical Debate – FRAX Is More Useful than Individual Risk Factors for Identifying Patients who will Experience Larger Reductions in Fracture Risk with Treatment, 3:30 – 4:30 pm (Main Auditorium)
  • ASBMR Discovery Hall Grand Opening, 5:45 pm (Lobby B)

Saturday, October 13

  • Louis V. Avioli Memorial Lecture: Advanced Bone Imaging in Osteoporosis: Monitoring Disease Progression, Predicting Fracture Risk, and Providing Surrogacy for Fracture Outcome – the "Holy Cow" or the "Holy Grail"

    Saturday, October 13, 8—9:00 am, (Main Auditorium)

    Keynote Speaker: Harry Genant, M.D., University of California, San Francisco (USA)


  • Concurrent Oral Session 12: Bone Acquisition and Pediatric Bone Disease (Room 200DE)
    • Effects of a Specialized School Physical Education Program on Bone Structure and Strength: A 4-year Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial, 3:00 – 3:15 pm
    • Sustained Effects of Physical Activity on Bone Health: Iowa Bone Development Study, 3:15 – 3:30 pm
    • Does Stage of Sexual Maturation Determine Relationship of Calcium Intake and Physical Activity to Bone Mass Accrual, 3:30 – 3:45 pm

    • Symposium: Duration of Safety of Osteoporosis Therapy, 4:00 – 5:30 pm (Main Auditorium)

Sunday, October 14

  • Clinical Roundtable /Case Conference – Vitamin D and Repercussions of the IOM Report, 1:30 – 2:30 pm (Main Auditorium)Concurrent Oral Session 19: Muscle and Bone Interactions, 2:45 – 4:15 pm (Auditorium Room 1)

Monday, October 15

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