New standard to help diagnose heart attacks
...r health status indicators of this type, including hormones used to assess thyroid function, and other markers for heart attack risk such as homocysteine and C-reactive protein. SRM 2921 is intended to help U.S. makers of in vitro diagnostic (IVD) medical devices sell their products in Europe. A European Unio...Moderate alcohol consumption increases plasma levels of a protective hormone
...ental Research investigates the role that certain hormones may play in the cardiovascular benefits of alcohol... "A lot of the earlier work in this area looked at hormones because of associations that had been found between alcohol and breast cancer," said Eric B. Rimm, a...Fat fighting undermined by over active eating pacemaker
...nsmitted by the use of chemical messengers such as hormones like ghrelin, released from the gut and leptin from fat cells. The combination of these signals and their integration by the ARC pacemaker is such a finely balanced mechanism that one small error or mutation leading to any inappropriate communicati...Butterflies & the hormonal basis of interactions between life histories & morphology
...ersity of Leiden) explore the relationship between hormones and environmental adaptation in butterflies. Hormones are crucial for the development of organisms. In the tropical butterfly, Bicyclus anynana, ecdysone affects eyespot size on the ventral wings and developmental time, both important fitness compone...Fat cell hormone causes weight loss
...s Ahima. This proved to be a simplistic view since hormones produced by fat tissue are released into the blood...ontrol body weight and glucose. However, these fat hormones also control metabolism through other distinct pathways in the brain. "We focus on the brain because...Hopkins scientists overcome main obstacle to making tons of short, drug-like proteins
...cks long, peptides act as important messengers and hormones in the body. But because their building blocks, called amino acids, are quickly recycled, peptides made from the 20 naturally occurring amino acids don't last long enough to be useful as medicines. However, adding a tiny methyl group to each amino ac...Malignant breast cancer cells to revert to normal with manipulation
...nteraction between cells and the nucleus much like hormones and growth factors, with the ECM at times telling ...culture (2-D environment), even with all the right hormones and nutrients, they grew but did not differentiate and behave as breast cells do in the body. But w...World's oldest mouse celebrates milestone birthday
... are providing important clues about how genes and hormones affect the rate of human aging and risks of disease late in life. His current work focuses on identifying defects in T cells from aged mice that interfere with a normal immune response, and finding ways to reverse those defects....OHSU researchers discover possible connection between infant hormone exposure, obesity
...ght control. OHSU researchers have also identified hormones involved in weight loss and weight gain....Diet a major factor in breast cancer time for government action
...Tumori, Milan, Italy, said that high levels of sex hormones and insulin-like growth factors were associated wi... and this in turn stimulates the production of sex hormones and other growth factors, which are directly linked to breast cancer risk." Eating more of the latte...Stress hormones and heart failure
...establishes a firm link between a family of stress hormones called urocortins and heart disease, and may lead to new treatments for heart failure. Congestive heart fa ilure is an increasingly common condition among Americans, currently contributing to the deaths of more than 250,000 people annually. The ailm...JCI table of contents, 16 February 2004
...ther sites throughout the body. The gluco-incretin hormones GIP and GLP-1 are secreted after nutrient absorpti...P-1 and GIP in insulin secretion regulation. These hormones may therefore play a role in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes. TITLE: Gluco-incretins control ins...Kidney injury's harmful effects on bones blocked in mice
... the skeleton and the kidney. "We're learning that hormones made in the kidney regulate the skeleton, and hormones made in the skeleton regulate the kidney," Hruska explains. Assuming that kidney damage produces ABD...Stem cells illuminate early stages of human development
... a dramatic increase in trophoblasts' secretion of hormones associated with pregnancy. "Moreover, the cell outgrowths that we observed from the embryoid bodies resembled aspects of the process by which placenta formation occurs as the embryo implants into the womb," Golos explains. "The opportunity to mode...SMCM professor discovers cattle hormones that leak into streams and alter fish reproduction
...early December by a group of scientists shows that hormones leaking into streams from cattle feedlots are alte... not know whether the damage was caused by natural hormones in cattle or by synthetic ones administered to the animals. Their report states that the findings "...Can the mode of training affect the hormone response to different modes of exercise?
... reasons why, in men, the manipulation of anabolic hormones (such as testosterone) and the anabolic/catabolic ... of an athlete, an increase in anabolic-androgenic hormones can improve performance by decreasing body fat and increasing lean body mass and muscular strength. ...New advances in thrombosis help further understanding of disease prevention
...is study. "Researchers have known that the use of hormones both birth control pills and estrogen increase a woman's risk of venous thrombosis, however in this study, we were able to identify the compounding risk factors that put women at an even greater risk." In a nested case control study on venous thro...Scientists uncover novel role for estrogen in bone marrow
...Dr. Todokoro and colleagues explored which steroid hormones are produced in megakaryocyte cells. Much to their surprise, they found estrogen. Dr. Nagata and colleagues determined that 3b-HSD induces the production of estrogen, in the form of estradiol, in both male and female megakaryocyte cells. Further work...OHSU researchers reveal relationship between weight gain and female hormones
... menopause. The study helps demonstrate how female hormones appear to play a major role in America's obesity e...which cyclic ovarian function ends and the ovarian hormones estrogen and progesterone decline. The goal of this research was to determine whether, and to what e...