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GenoMed announces ACE inhibitor trial for bone loss.

Women's Health Weekly

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2003 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GenoMed, Inc., (GMED), a St. Louis, Missouri-based medical genomics and disease-management company, announced its latest clinical trial, for osteoporosis.

GenoMed's approach uses an already-existing, safe hypertension drug: an ACE inhibitor, or an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB). ACE stands for "angiotensin I converting enzyme."

The treatment is designed to counteract the underlying process in osteoporosis: loss of bone through ...

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