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Pilot study relates phthalate exposure to less-masculine play by boys
The University of Rochester Medical Center-led study is published in the International Journal of Andrology.Because testosterone produces the masculine brain, researchers are concerned that fe...
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Read more'Despair' Gene May Link to Mood Disorders
Pharmacy scientists at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) have identified antidepressant and anti-anxiety behaviors in tests of mice lacking the gene. Writing in the journal BMC Neuro...
Life Sciences | Read moreGene knockout may cheer up mice
Elisabeth Barbier and Jia Bei Wang, from the School of Pharmacy at the University of Maryland, USA, carried out the experiments to investigate the role of the gene in regulating mood function. Wang, t...
Life Sciences | Read moreAre Common Pills and Plastics Feminizing Fish, Endangering People?
In fact, a recent report found that one third of small mouth bass were feminized in nine major U.S. river basins, and almost all of the rivers and streams tested in the United States contained some ho...
Health and Medicine | Read moreNew genetic link between cardiac arrhythmias and thyroid dysfunction identified
Genes previously known to be essential to the coordinated, rhythmic electrical activity of cardiac muscle -- a healthy heartbeat -- have now also been found to play a key role in thyroid hormone (TH) ...
Life Sciences | Read moreUCSF scientists illuminate how microRNAs drive tumor progression
The researchers refer to these microRNA collections as signatures, and their study results are reported in the September 15 issue of “Genes & Development.’’ The study, available online at http://genes...
Life Sciences | Read moreWidespread Occurrence of Intersex Bass Found in U.S. Rivers
Of the 16 fish species researchers examined from 1995 to 2004, the condition was most common by far in smallmouth and largemouth bass: a third of all male smallmouth bass and a fifth of all male large...
Life Sciences | Read moreStudy results promise faster recovery from life-threatening blood cell shortages
A key compound resupplies bone marrow with fast-acting stem cells that can more quickly rekindle blood cell production, according to a study published online today in the journal Blood. While the stud...
Studies and Analyses | Read moreClues to Gigantism Provided by Family in Borneo Mountains
An indigenous family living in a mountainous area of Malaysian Borneo helped Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) researchers to discover information about genetic mutations associated with acromegaly,...
Life Sciences | Read moreFound: A gene that may play a role in type 1 diabetes
The study team, led by C. Garrison Fathman, M.D., examined genes from mice that develop a type 1 diabetes-like disease. Dr. Fathman is a grantee of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Dis...
Life Sciences | Read moreIntensive glucose control halves complications of longstanding type 1 diabetes
Near-normal control of glucose beginning as soon as possible after diagnosis would greatly improve the long-term prognosis of type 1 diabetes, concludes a study published in the July 27, 2009, issue o...
Health and Medicine | Read moreGene Mutation Discovered for Hereditary Neuroendocrine Tumor
The gene, called hSDH5, is required for activation of an enzyme complex that plays a critical role in the chemical reactions that take place within cells to convert biochemical energy into usable ener...
Life Sciences | Read moreScientists discover gene mutation responsible for hereditary neuroendocrine tumor
University of Utah researchers and their colleagues have identified the gene that is mutated in a hereditary form of a rare neuroendocrine tumor called paraganglioma (PGL).The gene, called hSD...
Life Sciences | Read moreUterine Cells Produce Their Own Estrogen During Pregnancy
This is the first time that the uterus has been identified as an endocrine organ, said University of Illinois veterinary biosciences professor Indrani Bagchi, who led the study with doctoral student A...
Life Sciences | Read moreDiet May Contribute Significantly to Body Burden of Flame Retardants
PBDEs have been measured in dust, air and both animal- and plant-derived foods. Dust has been thought to be the foremost route of exposure to PBDEs, but the new findings of this study suggest that die...
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