Researchers identify gene for premature aging disorder
... neurofibromatosis, Huntington's disease, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1, one type of adult acute leukemia and Alagille syndrome....Body hormone ghrelin, a food intake and weight gain influence, is found to promote sleep
...ed. Conclusions This study finds that the body's endocrine system may offer a means for the body to obtain deep sleep, that which contributes to the body's overall health. These findings could have important implications for long-term health, since the pursuit of a "good night's sleep" is an obsession for ma...Pheromones in male perspiration reduce women's tension, alter hormone response
...d. "By determining how pheromones impact mood and endocrine response, we might be able to build a better male odor: molecules that more effectively manipulate the effects we observed." The underarm extracts used in the study came from men who bathed with fragrance-free soap and refrained from deodorant use fo...Bone marrow stem cells are a source of insulin-producing cells
...e capable of becoming insulin-producing pancreatic endocrine cells. Transplantation of bone marrow stem cells already is a routine procedure for treating cancer and other diseases, and we could build on that experience." Dr. Hussain's study is described as "elegant" in an accompanying editorial by Drs. Vi...Oxygen deficiency is an endocrine disruptor in fish
...than just suffocating fish: It may be acting as an endocrine disruptor and impeding their ability to reproduce,...suggests that hypoxia, or oxygen deficiency, is an endocrine disruptor. The findings add a surprising member to the growing list of potential hormone-disturbing ...Study pinpoints regulator of imprinted gene expression
... posed by environmental chemicals that can disrupt endocrine signals during critical periods of development through epigenetic alterations. Additionally, researchers studying Rett syndrome (a rare neurological disease) have found that the mutated gene exerts its effect by influencing epigenetic modifications e...Alcohol's effects on testosterone
...nding individual differences in the behavioral and endocrine pathology associated with alcohol abuse." Researchers injected either alcohol or 1,1-dideuteroethanol (2 g alcohol/kg body weight) into the abdominal cavities of two groups of rats, 30 un-operated and 24 adrenalectomized and castrated (ADX/GDX) Wista...Molecule helps pupils respond to light
...emperature, cardiac output, oxygen consumption and endocrine gland secretion. In mammals, the internal circadian clock resides in the brain, and sunlight is the cue that resets this clock daily. Improved understanding of the circadian system could lead to better treatments for jet lag and depression, and may h...Lower insulin sensitivity found In Mexican-Americans, regardless of behavioral and metabolic factors
...sting blood glucose, no past or present history of endocrine disorders, and resting blood pressure of 110/90 mHg. To be appropriately identified as Mexican-Americans, each participant traced his/her ethnicity to all four grandparents. The Colorado State University Human Research Committee approved the study p...Another job discovered for a master metabolic off-switch
... the body -- including heart rate; blood pressure; endocrine function; the senses of sight, smell and taste; pain tolerance, and the euphoric high of addictive drugs. Thus, new basic knowledge about the action of beta-arrestin could have implications for development of drugs for a wide array of disorders. In a...Walleye fishery threatened; Puerto Rico aquaculture, calling ALVIN on ocean bottom
...ens, as well as their effects on fish. Considered endocrine disruptors, the chemicals can reach the environment through sewage systems, paper mills, feed lots or industrial waste. Environmental estrogens can come from the natural hormone estrogen (found in animals, including humans), or from synthetic hormon...Use of vitamin A cream may prevent skin cancer
... defects involving the skin, nervous system, eyes, endocrine glands, and bones, leading to predispositions for developing large numbers of basal cell carinomas. People with BCNS inherit one defective gene of the Hedgehog signaling repressor gene PATCHED 1, which is important in the development of a range of ...US researchers find endometriosis associated with wide range of diseases
...some of these additionally had other autoimmune or endocrine disease * chronic fatigue syndrome was more than a...mpared to 5%. If a woman had endometriosis plus an endocrine disease the figure rose to 72% and it was 88% if she had endometriosis plus fibromyalgia or chronic ...Identification of the first gene in posttraumatic stress disorder
...relates of abnormal biological reactivity of brain endocrine and autonomic nervous system, among PTSD patients, however the molecular basis of such vulnerability is unknown at this stage. A large twin study of Vietnam veterans has shown significant genetic contribution to PTSD. Multiple small effect genes are ...Gene trigger for pancreas formation identified
...lls--those that secrete digestive enzymes--and its endocrine cells--those that secrete insulin and other hormones. Wright's team used what one reviewer of the paper called "a novel and powerful cell marking method" to track cells in the mouse that express the p48 gene, starting very early in embryonic pancreas...Sex genes of fish disrupted by common household products
...ss." A growing number of scientists theorize that endocrine disrupting compounds in the water behaves chemically like hormones in fish tissues and cells. When compounds such as polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxins, certain plasticizers, and some detergent additives are in streams or rivers, groups of fish, bird...UCLA scientists discover hormone may spur dramatic weight loss
...derly, how leptin replacement influences the human endocrine system, and the effect of a single mutation in one of the two genes that encode for human leptin....Patients with serious kidney disorder produce natriuretic peptides at above average rates
...creatinine less than 2.0 mg/dl, and no evidence of endocrine or other major organ disease. Subjects did not take medication during the study; no NS patients had previously received steroid therapy. Renal biopsy specimens were obtained prior to the study. Causes for the subjects' kidney disease were membranop...UMass researcher helping the EPA to determine health effects of spent rocket fuel
...on how contaminants in the environment disrupt the endocrine system. In recent years, his research has focused ... system will teach them a great deal about how the endocrine system works in general."...Chronic stress affects more than fertility, Magee-Womens Research Institute study finds
... the Endocrine Society, an organization made up of endocrine specialists in internal medicine, pediatrics and gynecology. "This is one of these 'Why treat stress?' stories," said Dr. Berga, senior study author, who is also director of the division of reproductive endocrinology and infertility at the Magee-Wome...