News tagged with androgen hormones

Male sex hormones in ovaries essential for female fertility

Male sex hormones, such as testosterone, have well defined roles in male reproduction and prostate cancer. What may surprise many is that they also play an important role in female fertility. A new study finds that the presence ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Testosterone directly amplifies but does not program male behaviors

New research uncovers some surprising information about how sex hormones control masculinization of the brain during development and drive gender related behaviors in adult males. The study, published by Cell Press in the ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 28, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New targeted therapy effective in treating advanced prostate cancer

An experimental drug is showing promise for the treatment of men with an aggressive form of advanced prostate cancer. A new multicenter study has concluded that the targeted therapy MDV3100 is safe and effective for patients ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Random DNA mix-ups not so random in cancer development

Researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine have pinpointed a mechanism that may help explain how chromosomal translocations - the supposedly random shuffling of large chunks of DNA that frequently lead to cancer - ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers propose a relationship between androgen deficiency and cardiovascular disease

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) in collaboration with researchers from Lahey Clinic Northshore, Peabody, Mass., believe that androgen deficiency might be the underlying cause for a variety of ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists discover key event in prostate cancer progression

A study led by researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute reveals how late-stage, hormone-independent prostate tumors gain the ability to grow without need of hormones.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1