News tagged with progesterone
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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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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First discovery of the female sex hormone progesterone in a plant
In a finding that overturns conventional wisdom, scientists are reporting the first discovery of the female sex hormone progesterone in a plant. Until now, scientists thought that only animals could make progesterone. ...
Feb 04, 2010 |
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PMH cancer researchers link ovarian hormone to breast stem cells growth
Cancer researchers at Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) have discovered that the ovarian hormone progesterone plays a pivotal role in altering breast stem cells, a finding that has important implications for breast cancer ...
May 05, 2010 |
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Why dishing does you good: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Why does dishing with a girlfriend do wonders for a woman's mood?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 02, 2009 |
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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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Uterine cells produce their own estrogen during pregnancy
For decades, scientists assumed that the ovary alone produced steroid hormones during pregnancy. In a new study in mice, however, researchers demonstrate that once an embryo attaches to the uterine wall, the ...
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Jul 20, 2009 |
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New mechanisms of action found for drugs used to treat anxiety disorders
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the course of his or her life, every seventh German will develop an anxiety disorder that will require treatment. Standard anti-anxiety medications (anxiolytics) are based on the benzodiazepine ...
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Jun 23, 2009 |
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Researchers identify key proteins needed for ovulation
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health and other institutions have identified in mice two proteins essential for ovulation to take place.
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May 14, 2009 |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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