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Stimulation of Bone Resorption by Parathyroid Hormone in Tissue Culture

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GAILLARD1 has demonstrated resorption in cultures of embryonic bone when parathyroid hormone, is added to the medium. We have used this response to assay parathyroid activity by measuring the release of calcium from bone during cultivation.

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RAISZ, L. Stimulation of Bone Resorption by Parathyroid Hormone in Tissue Culture. Nature 197, 1015–1016 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1971015a0

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