by The Endocrine Society Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a new Scientific Statement released today, the Endocrine Society describes the importance of extracellular vesicles as a new research target for understanding the causes of certain endocrine disorders such as cancer and diabetes and discovering new treatments for these disorders. During the last decade, endocrine researchers...
by Nancy Fliesler, Children’s Hospital Boston Using a newly developed protocol, Daniel Zeve, MD, and David Breault, MD, have been able to derive human enteroendocrine cells from human intestinal stem cells via intestinal organoids. Credit: Daniel Zeve, Boston Children’s Enteroendocrine cells punch above their weight. Constituting just about 1 percent of intestinal cells, they produce,...
Endocrine disorders affect the endocrine system. This system uses glands throughout the body to produce and release hormones, which can affect a number of bodily processes. If hormone levels are too high or too low, or if the body does not respond to hormones correctly, a person may have an endocrine disorder. Endocrine disordersTrusted Source are...
THE ENDOCRINE SOCIETY WASHINGTON–All adults with endocrine disorders should be tested for high cholesterol and triglycerides to evaluate their risk of heart attack or stroke, according to a Clinical Practice Guideline issued today by the Endocrine Society. The guideline, titled “Lipid Management in Patients with Endocrine Disorders: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline,” was published online?and will appear in the December...
