Fully endoscopic micro-surgery puts a former Jr. Olympic athlete back on the marathon trail
...e of surgery to remove the benign tumor, which was secreting prolactin, afemale hormone that suppressed his body's testosterone production. The resultsof the surgery, verged on spectacular. Three days after the operation, he wenthome, and a little over a week later -- free of his tumor and fortified withnormal...How long-term alcohol consumption can damage the immune system
... the hypothalamus initiates the stress response by secreting hormones called corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and, to a lesser degree, vasopressin (VP). CRF is what Rivier calls "the central stress hormone;" it coordinates the stress response by triggering an integrated series of physiological and behavio...Scientists successfully grow insulin-secreting cells to treat diabetes
... Beta cells are found exclusively in the pancreas, secreting insulin in response to glucose stimulation. When...that these cells are functional when transplanted, secreting insulin in response to glucose stimulation." These results are the culmination of eight years of wor......to otherwise perfectly normal insulin. The insulin secreting cells of the pancreas are unable to compensate by making more of the hormone. In healthy individuals, insulin triggers a series of events that allows certain cells to take in sugar, in the form of glucose, from blood. High glucose levels, in turn, ca...UCSD team reviews pituitary gland development, from a common primordium to distinct cell types
...s. Eventually, the developing gland itself begins secreting some of these molecules, which help to establish its identity and facilitate growth. During this time, expression of certain transcription factors, that function as molecular switches turning genes on and off, must be activated or repressed in order...Impaired sodium excretion after stress contributes to hypertension in blacks
...sm key to restoring blood pressure natriuresis or secreting sodium in the urine is impaired in some black youths with normal blood pressures. As such, we hypothesize that the interaction between salt and stress is more important than either of the factors considered separately, he wrote. This says to me tha...Type 1 diabetes safely arrested with short-term use of new drug
... symptoms of diabetes. The ability to continue secreting insulin is an important marker of healthier prognosis for Type 1 diabetics. Earlier studies have shown that retaining insulin secretion, rather than relying solely on insulin injections, allows better metabolic control of diabetes. Strict metabolic c...Molecular mechanism underlaying anthrax infection described by UCSD School Of Medicine researchers
...esearchers have labeled LT, or lethal toxin. Also secreting a third toxic protein called EF, or edema factor, that causes tissue edema, B. ahhtracis launches effective weaponry that essentially clears the way for successful invasion of the body without interference by the immune system. "If we are correct, in...19.2 million U.S. adults have chronic kidney disease
... kidneys are less efficient at removing toxins and secreting hormones important for healthy blood and bone function. The presence of chronic kidney disease can be detected using simple blood and urine tests relying on serum creatinine to estimate kidney function and urinary albumin to indicate kidney damage. ...Regeneration of insulin-producing islets may lead to diabetes cure
...bodies were producing normal islet cells that were secreting insulin. "The unanswered question from that study was whether this was an example of rescuing a few remaining islet cells in the diabetic mice or of regeneration of the insulin-secreting islets from another source," says Faustman. "We've found that......ges the growth of pain axons in the spinal cord by secreting substances that stimulate neuronal development. The researchers found that the presence of neurogenin-2, a "transcription factor" that regulates the activity of other genes during the stem cell maturing process, inhibited the development of astrocyte...