Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20100297246
Filing Date: September 05, 2008Priority Date: September 05, 2008
Inventors: Mervyn Neale Weitzmann, George Richard Beck, Jin-Kyu Lee
Assignee(s): Emory University
Current U.S. Classification: 424, 424/496000, 435, 435/375000
View Prior Art for Claim 00013
The method of Claim 12, wherein the silica-based nanoparticle decreases the loss of osseous material from a bone of the subject by inhibiting the activity of osteoclasts in the subject.