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A hormone is a chemical released by one or more cells that affects cells in other parts of the organism. Only a small amount of hormone is required to alter cell metabolism. It is essentially a chemical messenger that transports a signal from one cell to another.

Women taking birth control pill less likely to suffer serious knee injuries

Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have found that women who take the birth control pill, which lessen and stabilize estrogen levels, were less likely to suffer serious knee injuries. The findings are currently available in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, the official journal of the American College of Sports Medicine.

21 Mar 2016

Mutated gene GT198 has strong potential in early diagnosis of breast cancer

When mutated, a gene known for its ability to repair DNA, appears to instead cause breast cancer, scientists report.

21 Mar 2016

Women's stress hormone levels before pregnancy may predict lower-birthweight baby

Before women even become pregnant, their biological profile may predict a lower-birthweight baby, a UCLA-led research team reports.

21 Mar 2016

USF receives $9 million NIH grant to study unique treatment for age-related hearing loss

Researchers in the University of South Florida's Global Center for Hearing and Speech Research, recognized as the world's top research center for age-related hearing loss, have received a five-year, $9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study two unique ways to treat age-related hearing loss (ARHL).

17 Mar 2016

Mothers give offspring a head start in life

Thank your mothers: A research collaboration between UC Santa Barbara and L'École Normale Supérieure in Paris has proven that deterministic maternal effects can give offspring a better start on life.

17 Mar 2016

Could prebiotics benefit early life brain development? An interview with Dr Phil Burnet

Galacto-oligosaccharides are essentially sugar or saccharide molecules that have been joined together into short polymer chains.

16 Mar 2016

Researchers devise synthetic patch filled with insulin-producing beta cells to control blood sugar levels

For decades, researchers have tried to duplicate the function of beta cells, the tiny insulin-producing entities that don't work properly in patients with diabetes. Insulin injections provide painful and often imperfect substitutes. Transplants of normal beta cells carry the risk of rejection or side effects from immunosuppressive therapies.

16 Mar 2016

Alcohol consumption may increase risk for breast cancer

A University of Houston researcher and his team have discovered an important link between alcohol and breast cancer by identifying a cancer-causing gene triggered by alcohol

15 Mar 2016

ZYTIGA plus prednisone provides overall survival benefit in men with early and less aggressive mCRPC

Janssen-Cilag International NV today announced that data from a post-hoc analysis of the Phase 3 COU-AA-302 trial showed that ZYTIGA (abiraterone acetate) plus prednisone provided an 11.8 months overall survival (OS) benefit (53.6 months vs 41.8 months; HR = 0.61 [95% CI, 0.43-0.87]; p = 0.0055), compared to an active control of placebo plus prednisone, in men with early and less aggressive chemotherapy-naïve metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).

15 Mar 2016

Research finds new molecular details of facultative stem cells

In a study published this week in PLOS Genetics, scientists Nareg J. Djabrayan and Jordi Casanova from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine and CSIC, have identified two molecular signals and the pathway of events that allows cells in a tissue that are already specialized to regain their behaviour as stem cells.

14 Mar 2016

Fertility problems put men at increased risk of metabolic diseases

Men with fertility problems are at risk of metabolic diseases as they age, according to work being presented at the European Association of Urology conference in Munich

14 Mar 2016

Lots of 'good' cholesterol may be bad

Recent research has identified a genetic mutation that prevents high-density-lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol from being taken up by cells.

11 Mar 2016

Multi-gene test can help identify early breast cancer patients who can safely be spared chemotherapy

Researchers have shown for the first time that it is possible to use a multi-gene test to identify patients with early breast cancer who can be spared chemotherapy and who will still be alive and well five years after diagnosis.

11 Mar 2016

New development offers hope to patients with inoperable advanced midgut neuroendocrine cancer

A novel drug proven to reduce the risk of disease progression by 79% as well as three new European Centres of Excellence, offer new hope to patients with inoperable metastatic advanced midgut neuroendocrine cancer.

11 Mar 2016

Love hormone may enhance compassion of people suffering from PTSD symptoms

Oxytocin - "the love hormone" - may enhance compassion of people suffering from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to new study conducted at the University of Haifa and Rambam Health Care Campus: "The fact that the present study found, that Oxytocin may improvement compassion among patients with post-traumatic stress disorder toward women, provides new evidence that oxytocin may be able to improve the social behavior of these patients," said Professor Simone Shamay-Tsoory from the Department of Psychology at the University of Haifa, who led the study.

11 Mar 2016

CYP3A7 gene may over-activate metabolism, reduce effectiveness of cancer treatments

Some patients with breast cancer, lung cancer and leukaemia seem to fare poorly after treatment because of the effects of a particular gene, a new study finds.

10 Mar 2016

Scientists explore new treatment avenues to protect obese individuals from cardiovascular disease

Fatness is clearly linked to cardiovascular disease, but scientists want to find why the unhealthy pair tend to go hand-in-hand and how to break up their relationship.

10 Mar 2016

Merck reports record results for 2015

Merck, a leading science and technology company, reported record results for 2015, emerging stronger from the transformation process that started in 2007. Net sales and EBITDA pre exceptionals were higher than ever before in Merck’s history of nearly 350 years.

From Merck 10 Mar 2016

Exercise more effective than food restriction in helping reduce daily calorie consumption

Scientists at Loughborough University have found exercising is more effective than food restriction in helping limit daily calorie consumption.

9 Mar 2016

New FDA approval expands use of AstraZeneca's Faslodex for women with HR+, HER2- metastatic breast cancer

AstraZeneca today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new indication in the US, expanding the use of Faslodex (fulvestrant) to include use in combination with Ibrance (palbociclib).

7 Mar 2016

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Women taking birth control pill less likely to suffer serious knee injuries

Mutated gene GT198 has strong potential in early diagnosis of breast cancer

Women's stress hormone levels before pregnancy may predict lower-birthweight baby

USF receives $9 million NIH grant to study unique treatment for age-related hearing loss

Mothers give offspring a head start in life

Could prebiotics benefit early life brain development? An interview with Dr Phil Burnet

Researchers devise synthetic patch filled with insulin-producing beta cells to control blood sugar levels

Alcohol consumption may increase risk for breast cancer

ZYTIGA plus prednisone provides overall survival benefit in men with early and less aggressive mCRPC

Research finds new molecular details of facultative stem cells

Fertility problems put men at increased risk of metabolic diseases

Lots of 'good' cholesterol may be bad

Multi-gene test can help identify early breast cancer patients who can safely be spared chemotherapy

New development offers hope to patients with inoperable advanced midgut neuroendocrine cancer

Love hormone may enhance compassion of people suffering from PTSD symptoms

CYP3A7 gene may over-activate metabolism, reduce effectiveness of cancer treatments

Scientists explore new treatment avenues to protect obese individuals from cardiovascular disease

Merck reports record results for 2015

Exercise more effective than food restriction in helping reduce daily calorie consumption

New FDA approval expands use of AstraZeneca's Faslodex for women with HR+, HER2- metastatic breast cancer

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