Carbonic anhydrase 3 (CAR3) promotes bone formation and regeneration. (IMAGE)

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Carbonic anhydrase 3 (CAR3) promotes bone formation and regeneration.

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Micro computed tomography analysis of femur bone from wild-type (left) and Car3-deficient mice (right). The deletion of Car3 significantly decreased bone volume/total volume, trabecular thickness, and trabecular number and increased trabecular separation.

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Dr. Fangfang Song and Prof. Yufeng Zhang from Wuhan University Image source link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41368-026-00443-6

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