Brief Report From the 3rd International Meeting on Bone Marrow Adiposity (BMA 2017)

Abstract

The 3rd International Meeting on Bone Marrow Adiposity (BMA) was held at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, on August 31st and September 1st, 2017. This brief monograph summarizes the scientific contents of the meeting and highlights the birth of the International Bone Marrow Adiposity Society (BMAS).

Standardised Nomenclature, Abbreviations, and Units for the Study of Bone Marrow Adiposity: Report of the Nomenclature Working Group of the International Bone Marrow Adiposity Society

“…The challenges for BMA nomenclature were first discussed in 2017 at the Third International Meeting on Bone Marrow Adiposity in Lausanne, Switzerland (4). To address this challenge, members of the International Bone Marrow Adiposity Society (BMAS), representing diverse fields, established a Nomenclature Working Group (WG).…”

Brief Report From the 4th International Meeting on Bone Marrow Adiposity (BMA2018)

“…Three annual meetings were previously organized in Lille, France (https://bma2015.sciencesconf.org) (1); in Rotterdam, the Netherlands (https://adiposity.sciencesconf.org/) (2); and in Lausanne, Switzerland (https://bma2017.sciencesconf.org) (3). The fourth annual meeting, once again organized in Lille, France, brought together physicians and scientists working on rheumatology and bone biology, oncology, hematology, endocrinology, and metabolic diseases, all interested in BMA.…”