News tagged with reproductive tissues
New research holds promise for treatments for a range of women's health issues
Natural lubricants play an important role in health, including a well-known effect to help prevent osteoarthritis in knee and ankle joints. However, much is still unknown about their role and function in other areas of the ...
Ophthalmology
Apr 18, 2013 |
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How can evolutionary biology explain why we get cancer?
Over 500 billion cells in our bodies will be replaced daily, yet natural selection has enabled us to develop defenses against the cellular mutations which could cause cancer. It is this relationship between evolution and ...
Cancer
Jan 22, 2013 |
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Doubling down against diabetes: Turbo-charged gut hormones
A collaboration between scientists in Munich, Germany and Bloomington, USA may have overcome one of the major challenges drug makers have struggled with for years: Delivering powerful nuclear hormones to specific tissues, ...
Medical research
Nov 13, 2012 |
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Cell damage caused by personal lubricants does not increase HIV risk
The use of certain water-based, over-the-counter personal lubricants can dry out and irritate vaginal and rectal tissue, but does not appear to increase susceptibility to HIV, according to a laboratory study published today ...
HIV & AIDS
Nov 07, 2012 |
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Emotionality in adolescent males is driven by hormonal changes
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers led by a team from the University of Glasgow and Oslo University Hospital, Norway have discovered that while changes in the emotions of adolescent females are directly related to age those ...
Medical research
Jul 04, 2012 |
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Fertility preservation with cryopreservation of ovarian tissue: from experimental to mainstream
Although the first successful preservation of fertility from the freezing, thawing and grafting of ovarian tissue was reported eight years ago,(1) the technique has remained experimental and confined to a few specialist centres. ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Jul 04, 2012 |
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Life span of ovarian grafts longer than expected
Transplanting previously frozen ovarian tissue back into female cancer survivors can lead to long-term hormonal function and preservation of fertility, according to a new study by Samuel Kim from the University of Kansas ...
Genetics
Jun 28, 2012 |
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Hormonal treatment associated with better test performance after stroke
Stroke patients treated who received hormonal treatment, combined with rehabilitation, performed better on functioning and reasoning tests than patients who received rehabilitative therapy alone, a new clinical study from ...
Cardiology
Jun 25, 2012 |
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New findings provide insight on long-standing pregnancy mystery
Researchers at NYU School of Medicine have made an important discovery that partially answers the long-standing question of why a mother's immune system does not reject a developing fetus as foreign tissue.
Medical research
Jun 07, 2012 |
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Molecule found that inhibits estrogen, key risk factor for endometrial and breast cancers
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered a molecule that inhibits the action of estrogen. This female hormone plays a key role in the growth, maintenance and repair of reproductive ...
Medical research
May 09, 2012 |
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