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RIKEN demonstrated that GDF5, a susceptive gene causing osteoarthritis,exerts the same influence irrespective of race, based on an internationalcomparative study in cooperation with 10 foreign institutions includingOxford University in England and Nanj

March 14, 2008 PRESS RELEASE

RIKEN demonstrated that GDF5, a susceptive gene causing osteoarthritis,exerts the same influence irrespective of race, based on an internationalcomparative study in cooperation with 10 foreign institutions includingOxford University in England and Nanjing University in China. The result wasachieved by Shiro Ikegawa, Team Leader, Laboratory for Bone and JointDiseases, SNPC and Atsushi Takahashi, Senior Scientist, Laboratory forStatistical Analysis, SNPC.