Link found between estrogens and changes in heart physiology
Estrogens are powerful hormones important for the formation and function of the nervous, reproductive and cardiovascular systems.
Dec 5, 2017
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Estrogens are powerful hormones important for the formation and function of the nervous, reproductive and cardiovascular systems.
Dec 5, 2017
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An especially aggressive breast cancer cell can respond to hormone therapy if they express a specific protein known as estrogen receptor beta (ERĪ²), according to new research published on the cover of Oncotarget. The findings ...
Nov 15, 2017
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Dr. Jung-Mo Ahn, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at The University of Texas at Dallas, has designed a small molecule that could help breast cancer patients for whom current treatments no longer work.
Nov 9, 2017
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The reward center of the brain is much more attuned to the pleasurable effects of alcohol when estrogen levels are elevated, an effect that may underlie the development of addiction in women, according to a study on mice ...
Nov 6, 2017
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A University of Arizona Cancer Center research team is engaged in a series of studies to investigate how genistein, a component of soy foods, might suppress the development of breast cancer.
Oct 30, 2017
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Researchers at UT Health San Antonio and two partner institutions are developing a new, first-in-class agent that has stopped the growth of estrogen receptor-positive (ER-positive) breast cancer in its tracks. The new agent ...
Aug 30, 2017
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Estrogen hormones regulate gene expression. They achieve this by first binding to estrogen receptor in the cell nucleus, which triggers the recruitment of different molecules called coactivators in specific order. In a study ...
Aug 24, 2017
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UT Southwestern Simmons Cancer Center researchers have shown that a first-in-class molecule can prevent breast cancer growth when traditional therapies stop working.
Aug 8, 2017
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Women with obesity are more likely to get breast cancer, and a number of studies have provided a reasonable explanation why: after menopause, fat tissue manufactures estrogen, and the estrogen then promotes tumor growth. ...
Aug 7, 2017
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Research led by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) investigators may have solved a mystery about why a targeted therapy stops working in a small group of breast cancer patients.
Aug 4, 2017
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