Written by Prof. Dr. Oliver Semler The University hospital in Cologne has received a charity award for OI Research from the German charity foundation “Ein Herz für Kinder” (a heart for children). This charity foundation supports a lot of social projects helping children. Every year at the beginning of December, the big “A Heart for…
By Dr. Oliver Semler, Paediatrician, OIFE Medical Advisory Board (MAB) A new OI-gene has been detected by a European group of researchers from Germany, UK, The Netherlands and Spain. The new type of OI is inherited in a recessive way. In most individuals with Osteogenesis imperfecta, the disease is inherited in a dominant way and…
Clinical trial: Investigating Denosumab in children with OI Interview with Dr. Jörg Oliver Semler, Paediatrician, OIFE Medical Advisory Board (MAB) How did the project of investigating denosumab in children start? Regarding the use of denosumab in OI there are a few projects which have to be separated. At the beginning there were a few case…
