News tagged with progesterone
Non-hormonal contraceptive a future possibility
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco and the Center of Advanced European Study and Research in Bonn, Germany published simultaneous papers this week in Nature which could ...
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Mar 17, 2011 |
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New functional understanding outlines therapy for untreatable breast cancer
Cancer biologists from the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research have been part of a collaborative effort that identified a novel rationale for the treatment of currently not curable triple-negative ...
Mar 07, 2011 |
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Researchers identify protein essential for embryo implantation
Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have identified a key step in the establishment of a pregnancy. Their discovery shows how the hormone progesterone suppresses the growth of the uterus’s lining ...
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Feb 21, 2011 |
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Use of 17-hydroxyprogesterone doesn't reduce rate of preterm delivery or complications in twins
In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in San Francisco, researchers will present findings that show that the use of the hormone 17-Hydroxyprogesterone ...
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Feb 10, 2011 |
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Protein related to aging holds breast cancer clues
The most common type of breast cancer in older women -- estrogen and progesterone receptor (ER/PR) positive breast cancer -- has been linked to a protein that fends off aging-related cellular damage.
Jan 27, 2011 |
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Hormonal therapy for older, pregnant horses?
Some horses have a history of early miscarriages and it has become customary to treat them with altrenogest, a type of progestin. The group of Christine Aurich at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna now for the ...
Jan 24, 2011 |
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Anti-estrogen medication reduces risk of dying from lung cancer
A new study has found that tamoxifen, an anti-estrogen breast cancer medication, may reduce an individual's risk of death from lung cancer. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer ...
Jan 24, 2011 |
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Researchers unlock how progesterone increases breast cancer risk
Researchers have identified how the hormones progesterone and estrogen interact to increase cell growth in normal mammary cells and mammary cancers, a novel finding that may explain why postmenopausal women receiving hormone ...
Jan 18, 2011 |
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Study to look at progesterone’s effect on kids with traumatic brain injury
A University of Michigan researcher has received a two-year, $600,000 grant to plan a randomized controlled study of progesterone to treat traumatic brain injuries in children.
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Nov 17, 2010 |
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Tiny RNA molecules control labor, may be key to blocking premature birth
Nov. 15, 2010 – Tiny molecules called microRNAs act together with hormones to control the onset of labor, raising the prospect that RNA-based drugs might be able to prevent premature labor, researchers at UT Southwestern ...
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Nov 15, 2010 |
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Decreased survival for Puerto Rican women with 'triple-negative' breast cancer subtype
Puerto Rican women who had breast cancer that lacked estrogen and progesterone receptors and did not overexpress the HER2neu protein (triple-negative) had worse survival than those with other types of invasive breast cancer, ...
Oct 02, 2010 |
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Vitamin D protects against obesity-induced endometrial cancer, researchers say
Findings from an animal study suggest that obese women can reduce their increased risk of endometrial disease if they take vitamin D supplements, say researchers at the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Sep 21, 2010 |
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High-fat diet during puberty linked to breast cancer risk later in life
Girls eating a high-fat diet during puberty, even those who do not become overweight or obese, may be at a greater risk of developing breast cancer later in life, according to Michigan State University researchers.
Aug 31, 2010 |
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Progesterone is effective for hot flash treatment and provides an alternative to estrogen
Postmenopausal women who experience bothersome hot flashes or night sweats may have an alternative treatment to estrogen. According to a new study, oral micronized progesterone relieves those symptoms. The results will be ...
Jun 21, 2010 |
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New study documents use of hormone progesterone in simple microscopic aquatic animals
A new study shows that humans and tiny aquatic animals known as rotifers have something important in common when it comes to sex.
Jun 14, 2010 |
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Progesterone
Progesterone also known as P4 (pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione) is a C-21 steroid hormone involved in the female menstrual cycle, pregnancy (supports gestation) and embryogenesis of humans and other species. Progesterone belongs to a class of hormones called progestogens, and is the major naturally occurring human progestogen.
Progesterone is commonly manufactured from the yam family, Dioscorea. Dioscorea produces large amounts of a steroid called diosgenin, which can be converted into progesterone in the laboratory.
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