by Medical Research Council Credit: iScience (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106590New research from QIMR Berghofer has found that the hormone testosterone may play an important role in the development of endometrial cancer. The discovery raises exciting new possibilities for screening, preventing and fighting this increasingly prevalent disease. Endometrial cancer is the fourth most common cancer in Australian...
by University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Stained images of heart tissues in female and male mice with melanoma, treated with IgG antibodies or immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI). Credit: Y. Zhang, et al., Science Translational Medicine (2022) A new preclinical study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and the University...
by Medical University of Vienna Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Metabolism (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2022.09.020 A group at MedUni Vienna has identified a regulatory loop controlled by leptin, by which this adipocyte-derived hormone regulates hepatic lipid metabolism via the autonomic nervous system. The study, published in Cell Metabolism, provides evidence that this adipose tissue-brain-liver axis, previously identified in animal models,...
by David J. Hill, University at Buffalo Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain For women approaching menopause, a number of changes begin to occur. One of the most common is an increase in obesity, which, in turn, raises the risk for breast cancer after menopause. That much is known. What science hasn’t quite figured out yet is the...
by The Endocrine Society Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Growth hormone improves liver health in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) by reducing liver fat and inflammation, according to a new study presented Tuesday, June 14 at ENDO 2022, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in Atlanta, Ga. “Two risk factors for NAFLD, obesity and diabetes,...
JANUARY 24, 2022 by Ingrid Fadelli , Medical Xpress MCH enhances excitatory synaptic transmission in the dLS . a, RNAScope in situ hybridization result using probes against MCHR1 and vGAT. b, Sample traces of evoked AMPAR-mediated (Vh =−70 mV) and NMDAR-mediated (Vh =+40 mV) EPSCs in dLS-LHA neurons via field stimulations before (control) and after 20-Hz, 2-min optogenetic...
by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A newly discovered hormone named fabkin helps regulate metabolism and may play an important role in the development of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, according to research led by the Sabri Ülker Center for Metabolic Research at Harvard T.H. Chan School of...
by RIKEN The new lab mice that naturally produce melatonin were able to enter a state of daily torpor. Credit: RIKEN Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science and the RIKEN BioResource Research Center in Japan, along with collaborators at the State University of New York at Buffalo, have created a mouse model that allows the study of...
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA A new study suggests that a hormone known to prevent weight gain and normalize metabolism can also help maintain healthy muscles in mice. The findings present new possibilities for treating muscle-wasting conditions associated with age, obesity or cancer, according to scientists from the University of Southern California Leonard Davis School of...
By JOE PINKSTONE FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 06:32 EST, 28 January 2021 | UPDATED: 06:41 EST, 28 January 2021 Thai researchers claim to have found an extract from mangrove trees that can cure baldness. A small study of 50 people suffering with androgenic alopecia — the most common form of baldness — indicates that the extract halts hair loss and also promotes hair...
