Genetics of Osteoporosis: Meeting Report from the 31st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.

The article focuses on several genome-wide association (GWA) studies of osteoporosis, which were discussed at the 31st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR). The meeting was held from September 11-15, 2009 in Denver, Colorado. The studies presented at the meeting were regarding genetic mechanisms of osteoporosis, gene-gene interaction, and epigenetics.