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Will Breast Cancer Recur? New Microarray Tests Help With Treatment Selection
September 6, 2007 — Three genomic tests separately predict the likelihood that a patient's breast cancer will reoccur after surgery without additional treatment, and the cancer's vulnerability to chemotherapy or hormone ... > full story -
New 'Knock-Out' Gene Model Provides Molecular Clues To Breast Cancer
September 5, 2007 — New insights into the role of estrogen receptor in mammary gland development may help scientists better understand the molecular origin of breast cancer, according to new ... > full story -
How Insulin Secreting Cells Maintain Their Glucose Sensitivity
September 5, 2007 — Scientists have now disclosed the mystery how the insulin-secreting cells maintain an appropriate number of ATP sensing ion channel proteins on their surface. This mechanism explains how the human ... > full story -
Viagra Increases Release Of Key Reproductive Hormone, Study Finds
August 23, 2007 — The little blue pill may do more than get the blood pumping. Sildenafil -- the generic name for Viagra -- also increases release of a reproductive hormone in rats, according to a new ... > full story -
Revealing Estrogen's Secret Role In Obesity
August 20, 2007 — Research on the effects of the female sex hormone estrogen in the brain lend credence to what many women have suspected about the hormonal changes that accompany aging: Menopause can make you fat. In ... > full story -
Drop In Breast Cancer Incidence Linked To Hormone Use, Not Mammograms
August 14, 2007 — A recent decline in breast cancer incidence is unlikely to be caused by a decrease in mammography screening. According to a new study it is more likely due to the drop in postmenopausal hormone ... > full story -
New Molecular Regulators Of Hyperthyroidism And Goiter
August 10, 2007 — The thyroid gland has an important role in determining how much energy the body burns. Thyroid gland functions are regulated by a hormone known as thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH). Increased levels ... > full story -
New Molecular Regulators Of Hyperthyroidism And Goiter
August 9, 2007 — Thyroid gland function is regulated by the hormone TSH. Increased levels of TSH and increased signaling through its receptor cause hyperthyroidism and goiter. Signals downstream of the receptor for ... > full story -
Skeleton Is An Endocrine Organ, Crucial To Regulating Energy Metabolism
August 9, 2007 — Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have now identified a surprising and critically important novel function of the skeleton. They've shown for the first time that the skeleton is an ... > full story -
The 'Female Advantage' In Kidney Disease Does Not Extend To Diabetic Women
August 9, 2007 — Women have a "female advantage" when it comes to chronic kidney disease. When compared to men, they have fewer and less severe episodes of this disorder throughout most of their lives. That advantage ... > full story
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