News tagged with mammary gland
BPA chemical leaches from plastic drinking bottles into people
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found that participants who drank for a week from polycarbonate bottles, the popular, hard-plastic drinking bottles and ...
May 21, 2009 |
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Asian spice could reduce breast cancer risk in women exposed to hormone replacement therapy
Previous studies have found that postmenopausal women who have taken a combined estrogen and progestin hormone replacement therapy have increased their risk of developing progestin-accelerated breast tumors. Now, University ...
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Breast Milk Protein Linked to Poorer Breast Cancer Survival in Younger Women
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a study that sheds light on why breast cancer may be deadlier for premenopausal women, a Yale School of Medicine team has linked breast cancer survival with levels of a transport protein that regulates ...
May 31, 2010 |
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Study takes novel approach to understanding pituitary function
A Florida State University biologist and mathematician have joined forces to find out exactly how the brain oversees the secretion of the hormone prolactin from the pituitary gland, research that could lead ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 03, 2010 |
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Study: Progesterone leads to inflammation
Scientists at Michigan State University have found exposure to the hormone progesterone activates genes that trigger inflammation in the mammary gland.
Aug 19, 2009 |
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MicroRNA controls mammary gland development in mice
Hormones, growth factors and several proteins ensure that development occurs in the right way, at the right time. The components that cause breast development in mammals, for example, were thought to be largely ...
Nov 09, 2010 |
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New cell death mechanism has implications for breast cancer treatments
(PhysOrg.com) -- A novel mechanism of cell death that occurs in mammalian organisms has been revealed by researchers at the University of Cambridge.
Feb 25, 2011 |
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