Items tagged with hormone

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Appetite-Stimulating Hormone for Older Women Saturday, June 20th, 2009 - 18:38:01 - Anuradha Menon Older women suffering from clinical frailty stand to benefit from the first potential medical treatment for the condition a hormone that stimulates... read more

Designer Immune Cells Fight Prostate Cancer Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 - 14:08:09 - Ehud Rattner Genetically engineered immune cells may have helped two patients with advanced prostate cancer to fight the disease, preliminary results suggest... read more

Baffling the Body into Accepting Transplants Friday, January 23rd, 2009 - 12:05:38 - Anuradha Menon An unexpected discovery made by a Sydney scientist has potential to alter the body's response to anything it perceives as not ‘self’, such as a... read more

Exclusion of Key Enzyme Reduces Obesity Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 - 12:27:12 - Anuradha Menon Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have identified a new enzyme that plays a far more important role than expected in controlling... read more

Hormones and Breast Cancer Don't Mix Sunday, November 30th, 2008 - 16:14:17 - Ehud Rattner Breast cancer, the leading cause of death among women in France, is the most commonly occurring cancer in women. Sporadic breast cancer, which is... read more

Breast Cancer Cells Recycle to Escape Death Sunday, October 5th, 2008 - 10:01:57 - Anuradha Menon Many breast cancer cells facing potentially lethal antiestrogen therapy recycle to survive, researchers say. About 70 percent of breast cancer cells... read more

Genetic Clues from Sex Switching Melons Friday, August 8th, 2008 - 16:24:45 - Anuradha Menon A newly discovered function for a hormone in melons suggests it plays a role in how sexual systems evolve in plants. The study, conducted by French... read more

Mice's Mechanism for Postpartum Depression Thursday, July 31st, 2008 - 09:54:39 - Ehud Rattner Researchers have pinpointed a mechanism in the brains of mice that could explain why some human mothers become depressed following childbirth. The... read more

Hunger Hormone Increases During Stress Monday, June 16th, 2008 - 14:25:33 - Ehud Rattner New research at UT Southwestern Medical Center may explain why some people who are stressed or depressed overeat. While levels of the so-called... read more

How the Brain Can Protect Against Cancer Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 - 14:08:48 - Ehud Rattner Scientists have been aware for many years that if cancer patients are not able to deal with the stress associated with being sick, the cancer will... read more

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