News tagged with hormone injection

NY taxpayers to pay donors for stem cell studies

(AP) -- Hanqi Miao said she wanted to donate her eggs to help infertile couples reproduce, but she acknowledged the money is good, too: She said she'll be paid about $5,000.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Couples to rely on male contraceptive for new trial

(PhysOrg.com) -- Couples are being asked to replace their usual form of birth control with a new male contraceptive in a study to test its effectiveness.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Biologists produce potential malarial vaccine from algae

Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have succeeded in engineering algae to produce potential candidates for a vaccine that would prevent transmission of the parasite that causes malaria, an achievement that ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Smalleye pigmy sharks' bellies shine

Smalleye pigmy sharks have an eye-catching party trick: Their bellies glow. However, instead of being a giveaway, Julien Claes and Jérôme Mallefet from Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, have shown ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists reveal key barrier to reprogramming human zygotes

(Medical Xpress) -- New research from Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) scientists pinpoints a biological barrier that has thus far slowed progress in creating disease-specific stem cell lines using a technique known ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Lack of compensation for human egg donors could stall recent breakthroughs in stem cell research

Women donating their eggs for use in fertility clinics are typically financially compensated for the time and discomfort involved in the procedure. However, guidelines established by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Single dose of contraceptive vaccine controls fertility in cats for years

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Florida researchers, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, report that a single dose of an immunocontraceptive vaccine controls fertility over multiple years in adult female ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Killing crop-eating pests: Compounds work by disrupting bugs' winter sleep

(PhysOrg.com) -- The creation of compounds that disrupt a worldwide pest's winter sleep hints at the potential to develop natural and targeted controls against crop-eating insects, new research suggests.

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fetal tissue plays pivotal role in formation of insulin-producing cells

A somewhat mysterious soft tissue found in the fetus during early development in the womb plays a pivotal role in the formation of mature beta cells the sole source of the body's insulin. This discovery, made ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Not tonight deer: A new birth control vaccine helps reduce urban deer damage

A new birth control vaccine for white-tailed deer -- a growing nuisance in urban areas for gardens and landscaping -- eliminates the dangerous reproductive behavior behind the annual autumn surge in automobile-deer collisions. ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Curry spice could offer treatment hope for tendinitis

(PhysOrg.com) -- A derivative of a common culinary spice found in Indian curries could offer a new treatment hope for sufferers of the painful condition tendinitis, an international team of researchers has shown.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 09, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hospitals hunt substitutes as drug shortages rise

(AP) -- A growing shortage of medications for a host of illnesses - from cancer to cystic fibrosis to cardiac arrest - has hospitals scrambling for substitutes to avoid patient harm, and sometimes even delaying treatment.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created May 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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