News tagged with molecular endocrinology
Searching for better ways to treat prostate disorders
Innovative new technology has been used to identify and profile a novel combination of proteins that may improve treatment for prostate disorders. The study will be published in the April 13th 2012 edition ...
Apr 16, 2012 |
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Fireflies and jellyfish help illuminate quest for cause of infertility
Genes taken from fireflies and jellyfish are literally shedding light on possible causes of infertility and autoimmune diseases in humans.
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Mar 27, 2009 |
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Researchers discover cellular system for detecting and responding to poisons and pathogens
Two Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)-based research teams, along with a group from the University of California at San Diego, have discovered that animals have a previously unknown system for detecting and responding ...
Apr 12, 2012 |
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Extensive protein interaction network controls gene regulation
The genes of a cell are like the 88 keys of a piano. To play chords and music, however, the keys must be activated in exact combinations by a pianist's hands. Those hands represent the coregulators of a cell that simultaneously ...
May 26, 2011 |
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Scientists call for 'swifter and sounder' testing of chemicals
Scientific societies representing 40,000 researchers and clinicians are asking that federal regulators tap a broader range of expertise when evaluating the risks of chemicals to which Americans are being increasingly exposed.
Mar 03, 2011 |
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Yo-yo dieting alters genes linked with stress
Stressed-out mice with a history of dieting ate more high-fat foods than similarly stressed mice not previously on diets, according to a new study in the Dec. 1 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The findings suggest that m ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 30, 2010 |
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Genomic 'markers' may head off thousands of thyroid surgeries
Doctors at the University of Colorado School of Medicine were concerned recently when they found a nodule in the thyroid of a 64-year-old Colorado man. They extracted cells from the nodule, hoping to determine whether the ...
Nov 23, 2010 |
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Discovery opens new window on development, and maybe potential, of human egg cells
Fertility procedures such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) require a couple and the doctor to place the risky bet that the multiple eggs they choose to fertilize will produce an embryo that will thrive in the uterus. Researchers ...
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Oct 25, 2010 |
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New study IDs proteins regulating water retention in salt-sensitive hypertension
Research conducted by scientists at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans has found that two proteins in the brain act as valves to turn the hormone that regulates water retention in the body on and off. Their findings may ...
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Oct 22, 2010 |
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Early research reveals new clues to origin of diabetes
University of Michigan scientists have identified events inside insulin-producing pancreatic cells that set the stage for a neonatal form of non-autoimmune type 1 diabetes, and may play a role in type 2 diabetes as well. ...
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Oct 12, 2010 |
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Researchers identify key reproductive hormone in oldest vertebrate
Looking at a hagfish an eyeless, snot-covered, worm-like scavenger of the deep the last thing that comes to mind is sex. Yet the reproductive functioning of these ancient vertebrates is such ...
Oct 05, 2010 |
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Chromosomal break gives scientists a break in finding new puberty gene
A break in the two chromosomes has given scientists a break in finding a new gene involved in puberty, Medical College of Georgia researchers report.
Sep 30, 2010 |
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