The Claim

Intermittent administration of dasatinib plus quercetin for 20 weeks in postmenopausal women transiently increases the bone formation marker P1NP by 16% at 2 and 4 weeks, but this increase is not sustained at 20 weeks.

Source: Effects of intermittent senolytic therapy on bone metabolism in postmenopausal women: a phase 2 randomized controlled trial

What the research says

Supports is higher

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Supports
67score
Challenges
0score

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Quantitative
1 study reviewed
In plain English

In postmenopausal women, taking dasatinib and quercetin together in intermittent doses for 20 weeks causes a 16% rise in the bone formation marker P1NP at 2 and 4 weeks, but this rise disappears by 20 weeks.

See the scientific wording

Intermittent dasatinib plus quercetin administration for 20 weeks in postmenopausal women transiently increases the bone formation marker P1NP by 16% at 2 and 4 weeks in the overall group, but this effect is not sustained at 20 weeks, indicating a short-lived stimulation of bone formation without long-term impact.

Why this might work

Dead or aging bone cells are removed, which lowers a protein that blocks bone growth signals. This allows bone-building cells to become more active and make more bone for a few weeks, but the effect stops after the initial burst because the bone cells return to their normal state.

Supported mechanismbased on 1 study

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: Effects of intermittent senolytic therapy on bone metabolism in postmenopausal women: a phase 2 randomized controlled trial

    In older women, a short course of two drugs temporarily boosted a sign of new bone growth by 16% for the first few weeks, but that boost disappeared after 20 weeks — just like the claim says.

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