News tagged with growth hormone
Supersoldier ants created in the lab by reactivating ancestral genes
(PhysOrg.com) -- There are over 1100 species of Pheidole genus ants, and most individual ants belong to either the worker or soldier caste. In only eight of the Pheidole species, some individuals can belong ...
Jan 06, 2012 |
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Regrowing hair: Researchers may have accidentally discovered a solution
It has been long known that stress plays a part not just in the graying of hair but in hair loss as well. Over the years, numerous hair-restoration remedies have emerged, ranging from hucksters' "miracle solvents" ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Research involving thyroid hormone lays foundation for more targeted drug development
Research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists advances a strategy for taming the side effects and enhancing the therapeutic benefits of steroids and other medications that work by disrupting the activity ...
Oct 21, 2011 |
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Dwarfism gene linked to protection from cancer and diabetes
A 22-year study of abnormally short individuals suggests that growth-stunting mutations also may stunt two of humanity's worst diseases.
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Protein love triangle key to crowning bees queens?
A honey bee becomes a royal queen or a common worker as a result of the food she receives as a larva. While it has been well established that royal jelly is the diet that makes bees queens, the molecular path ...
Nov 10, 2011 |
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'Catch-up' growth signals revealed
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Michigan researchers have uncovered molecular signals that regulate catch-up growth -- the growth spurt that occurs when normal conditions are restored after a fetus, young animal or child has ...
Jan 27, 2011 |
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Scientists improve biomarker detection technique
Scientists from NPL's Biotechnology group have developed a new strategy to enable quicker and more precise detection of biomarkers - proteins which indicate disease. The work marks a new research direction ...
Sep 02, 2010 |
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Human growth hormone: Not a life extender after all?
People profoundly deficient in human growth hormone (HGH) due to a genetic mutation appear to live just as long as people who make normal amounts of the hormone, a new study shows. The findings suggest that HGH may not be ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 26, 2010 |
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Hormone thought to slow aging associated with increased risk of cancer death
According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), older men with high levels of the hormone IGF-I (insulin-like growth factor 1) are at inc ...
Mar 01, 2010 |
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Reduced hormone therapy linked with drop in breast cancer rates
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new UCSF study of more than 2 million mammogram screenings performed on nearly 700,000 women in the United States, scientists for the first time show a direct link between reduced hormone therapy and ...
Nov 30, 2010 |
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Using math to feed the world
In the race to breed better crops to feed the increasing world population, scientists at The University of Nottingham are using maths to find out how a vital plant hormone affects growth.
Apr 17, 2012 |
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Study strengthens link between sirtuins proteins and life extension
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new paper from MIT biology professor Leonard Guarente strengthens the link between longevity proteins called sirtuins and the lifespan-extending effects of calorie restriction.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Laughter remains good medicine
The connection between the body, mind and spirit has been the subject of conventional scientific inquiry for some 20 years. The notion that psychosocial and societal considerations have a role in maintaining health and preventing ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Herbicide may affect plants thought to be resistant
Purdue University researchers have discovered a fine-tuning mechanism involved in plant root growth that has them questioning whether a popular herbicide may have unintended consequences, causing some plants to need more ...
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Researcher identifies genetic pathway responsible for much of plant growth
Researchers at Iowa State University have discovered a previously unknown pathway in plant cells that regulates plant growth.
May 20, 2009 |
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