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CHICAGO--French physician and researcher André Ulmann, M.D., Ph.D., won the Endocrine Society's first-ever John D. Baxter Prize for Entrepreneurship for...

Chemicals in lavender and tea tree oil appear to be hormone disruptors

CHICAGO--A new study lends further evidence to a suspected link between abnormal breast growth in young boys--called prepubertal gynecomastia--and regular...

Prenatal exposure to plasticizer may affect male fertility in future generations

CHICAGO -- Chemicals found in a variety of routinely used consumer products may be contributing to the substantial drop in...

Exposure to low levels of BPA during pregnancy can lead to altered brain development

CHICAGO -- New research in mice provides an explanation for how exposure to the widely used chemical bisphenol A (BPA)...

Roux-en-Y surgery linked with more non-vertebral fractures than adjustable gastric banding

CHICAGO--Patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery may be at greater risk for non-vertebral fracture than those having adjustable gastric...

Clinical medicine training prepares medical students to treat transgender patients

CHICAGO--Medical students who are specifically trained in clinical transgender medicine are better prepared to treat transgender patients, a new study...

Estrogen may reduce disordered eating in female athletes with irregular periods

CHICAGO--Giving one year of estrogen replacement to female athletes with exercise-induced menstrual irregularities improves drive for thinness, body dissatisfaction and...

Too few women with diabetes receive recommended preconception counseling

CHICAGO--Not enough women of childbearing age who have diabetes are receiving the recommended preconception counseling, a new study suggests. The...

Bees: How royal jelly prevents royal offspring from falling out of their cells

Credit: Pixabay.com / PollyDot Defying gravity: A special mixture of proteins in the larval food of bees ensures that future...

Signaling pathways to the nucleus

Credit: Source: Institute of Biology II/University of Freiburg A team of researchers from the University of Freiburg have discovered how...

80 percent cut in liver metastasis by restricting the blood vessels supplying it

Credit: (UPV/EHU) Metastasis is the process whereby a tumour that grows in one organ breaks away from it and travels...

Coral reefs suffering in Philippines despite outlawing damaging fishing practices

Credit: Jennifer Selgrath Some of the fishing methods used in today's small-scale fisheries are causing more damage to coral reefs...

80% cut in liver metastasis by restricting the blood vessels supplying it

Credit: (UPV/EHU) Metastasis is the process whereby a tumour that grows in one organ breaks away from it and travels...

Development of an enzymatic cycling method using pyruvate kinase

Credit: Dr. Shigeru Ueda et al., Bentham Science Publishers Pyruvate kinase (PK), an omnipresent and functionally important enzyme, catalyzes the...

Reefs help protect vulnerable Caribbean fish from climate change

New research from UBC's Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries suggests that larger reef areas may help protect the Caribbean's...

Scientists mimic neural tissue in Army-funded research

Credit: Courtesy RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (March 15, 2018) - U.S. Army-funded researchers at Brandeis University have discovered a process...

Human ‘chimeric’ cells restore crucial protein in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Cells made by fusing a normal human muscle cell with a muscle cell from a person with Duchenne muscular dystrophy...

With new ‘shuffling’ trick, researchers can measure gene activity in single cells

For biologists, a single cell is a world of its own: It can form a harmonious part of a tissue,...

Older adults’ difficulties with focusing can be used to help put a face to a name