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Hormone in Fruit Flies Sheds Light on Diabetes Cure, Weight-Loss Drug for Humans
August 9, 2012 — Neurobiologists have examined how fruit flies (Drosophila) react when given a decreased diet. Since fruit flies and humans share 30% of the same genes and their brains are wired similarly, the ... > full story -
Infants of Overweight Mothers Grow More Slowly
August 6, 2012 — Babies born to overweight mothers gain less weight and grow more slowly than those born to normal-weight mothers, a new study has found. But they do catch up, meaning that pediatricians should ... > full story -
Researcher's Fish-Eye View Could Offer Insights for Human Vision
August 2, 2012 — A research team uncovered an enzyme's role in the regulation of eye size in zebrafish. If the enzyme's role is similar in human eyes, it could be relevant to human vision problems, such as ... > full story -
Detecting Thyroid Disease by Computer
August 2, 2012 — Researchers in India have developed an improved expert system for the diagnosis of thyroid ... > full story -
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Maternal Iodine Supplementation Linked to Congenital Hypothyroidism in Newborns
July 26, 2012 — Congenital hypothyroidism is thyroid hormone deficiency at birth that, if left untreated, can lead to neurocognitive impairments in infants and children. Although the World Health Organization ... > full story -
Obesity May Affect Response to Breast Cancer Treatment
July 16, 2012 — Women who are obese continue to have higher levels of estrogen than women of normal weight even after treatment with hormone-suppressing drugs, raising the possibility that they might benefit from ... > full story -
Long-Term Hormone Treatment Increases Synapses in Female Rats' Prefrontal Cortex
July 9, 2012 — A new study of aged female rats found that long-term treatment with estrogen and a synthetic progesterone known as MPA increased levels of a protein marker of synapses in the prefrontal cortex, a ... > full story -
Overweight? There's a Vaccine for That, at Least for Mice
July 9, 2012 — New vaccines promote weight loss. A new study assesses the effectiveness of two somatostatin vaccinations, JH17 and JH18, in reducing weight gain and increasing weight loss in mice. Four days after ... > full story -
In Vitro Study Identifies Potential Combination Therapy for Breast Cancer
July 2, 2012 — A new study demonstrates an effective combination therapy for breast cancer cells in vitro. The findings raise the possibility of using this type of combination therapy for different forms of breast ... > full story -
Hormone Discovered That Preserves Insulin Production and Beta Cell Function in Diabetes
July 2, 2012 — Researchers have found protective, anti-diabetic functions for a hormone that, like insulin, is produced by the islet cells of the pancreas. The new hormone was found to stimulate insulin secretion ... > full story
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