Genetics
Human pregnancy is weird—new research adds to the mystery
From an evolutionary perspective, human pregnancy is quite strange, says University at Buffalo biologist Vincent Lynch.
Apr 21, 2020
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News tagged with progesterone receptors
Oncology & Cancer
Updated guidelines issued for ER, PgR testing in breast cancer
(HealthDay)—In an American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists updated guideline, published online Jan. 13 in the Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and the Journal of Clinical Oncology, ...
Jan 27, 2020
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Cardiology
Why young females with obesity are at early risk for cardiovascular disease
In the face of obesity, the sex hormone progesterone that helps females get and stay pregnant appears to also put them at increased, early risk for cardiovascular disease, investigators report.
Sep 11, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Triple-negative breast cancer among black women in the US varies by birthplace
A new study finds substantial variation in the prevalence of triple-negative breast cancer among black women with breast cancer by birthplace in the United States. The prevalence of triple-negative breast cancer was highest ...
Jun 13, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
PET imaging agent may allow early measurement of efficacy of breast cancer therapy
Physicians may soon have a new way to measure the efficacy or failure of hormone therapy for breast cancer patients, according to new research published in the February issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Researchers ...
Feb 11, 2019
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Biomarkers can predict whether women with endometriosis will respond to the first-line treatment
Biomarkers can predict whether women will respond to the first-line treatment for endometriosis, an extremely painful condition in which the tissue usually found inside the uterus grows in places it shouldn't, according to ...
Oct 23, 2018
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Genetics
Genetic variation in progesterone receptor tied to prematurity risk, study finds
Humans have unexpectedly high genetic variation in the receptor for a key pregnancy-maintaining hormone, according to research led by scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The finding may help explain ...
Jun 21, 2018
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Health
Scientists work to protect obese, younger women from cardiovascular work
Obese, premenopausal women can lose the innate protection from cardiovascular disease that their youth and estrogen are believed to afford, and scientists want to know how.
Mar 14, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Potential new target for reducing osteoporosis risk in men
Researchers have identified a new regulator of vitamin D metabolism that could be targeted to reduce the risk of osteoporosis in men undergoing prostate cancer therapy, according to a study published in the Journal of Molecular ...
Jan 31, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Study may explain failure of retinoic acid trials against breast cancer
Estrogen-positive breast cancers are often treated with anti-estrogen therapies. But about half of these cancers contain a subpopulation of cells marked by the protein cytokeratin 5 (CK5), which resists treatment—and breast ...
Jul 25, 2017
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