News tagged with sex hormones
Sex-specific behaviors traced to hormone-controlled genes in the brain
Hormones shape our bodies, make us fertile, excite our most basic urges, and as scientists have known for years, they govern the behaviors that separate men from women. But how?
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Family composition determines success of great tit parents
Great tits who have as many sons as daughters acquire more grandchildren than great tits with an uneven family composition. That is because their children are reproductively more successful concludes NWO researcher Reinder ...
Dec 19, 2011 |
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Stronger corn? Take it off steroids, make it all female
A Purdue University researcher has taken corn off steroids and found that the results might lead to improvements in that and other crops.
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Researchers discover key aspect of process that activates breast cancer genes
Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) have discovered key processes by which estrogen, the female sex hormone, activates genes in breast-cancer cells. Greater understanding ...
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Elaborate plumage due to testosterone?
(PhysOrg.com) -- In many bird species males have a more elaborate plumage than females. This elaborate plumage is often used to signal body condition, to intimidate rivals or to attract potential mates. In ...
Oct 21, 2011 |
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Why coffee protects against diabetes
Coffee, that morning elixir, may give us an early jump-start to the day, but numerous studies have shown that it also may be protective against type 2 diabetes. Yet no one has really understood why.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 13, 2011 |
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New report: Don't blame the pill for estrogen in drinking water
Contrary to popular belief, birth control pills account for less than 1 percent of the estrogens found in the nation's drinking water supplies, scientists have concluded in an analysis of studies published on the topic. Their ...
Dec 08, 2010 |
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Finger length predicts prostate cancer risk: study
Men whose index fingers are longer than their ring, or fourth, fingers run a significantly lower risk of prostate cancer, according to a study published Wednesday in the British Journal of Cancer.
Dec 01, 2010 |
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Crucial sex hormones re-routed by missing molecule
A hormone responsible for the onset of puberty can end up stuck in the wrong part of the body if the nerve pathways responsible for its transport to the brain fail to develop properly, according to research funded by the ...
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Study reveals how sex hormones influence right heart function
In the largest human study to date on the topic, researchers have uncovered evidence of the possible influence of human sex hormones on the structure and function of the right ventricle (RV) of the heart.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 19, 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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Genetic alteration linked with human male infertility
One in seven couples worldwide has difficulty conceiving a child, and male infertility is thought to account for nearly half of those cases. Although the cause of male infertility is often unknown, scientists ...
Sep 30, 2010 |
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BPA and testosterone levels: First evidence for small changes in men
An international group of researchers led by the Peninsula Medical School and the University of Exeter have for the first time identified changes in sex hormones associated with BPA exposure in men, in a large population ...
Aug 25, 2010 |
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Mouse stem cell study offers new insights into body fat distribution
New research being presented today at the UK National Stem Cell Network Annual Science Meeting in Nottingham shows that adding fat to mouse stem cells grown in the lab affects their response to the signals that push them ...
Jul 11, 2010 |
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New research model of human prostate cancer shows cancer development
Progress toward understanding the role of sex hormones in the growth of prostate cancer -- the most common cancer in U.S. men -- has been hindered by the lack of a suitable laboratory research model. Now researchers say they ...
Jul 01, 2010 |
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Sex steroid
Sex steroids, aka gonadal steroids, are steroid hormones that interact with vertebrate androgen or estrogen receptors. Their effects are mediated by slow genomic mechanisms through nuclear receptors as well as by fast nongenomic mechanisms through membrane-associated receptors and signaling cascades. The term sex hormone is nearly always synonymous with sex steroid.
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