A tiny modification called methylation on oestrogen receptors prolongs the life of these growth-driving molecules in breast cancer cells, according to research by scientists at Emory University's ...
... enabled researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston to describe how the genetic message of oestrogen receptor-alpha is regulated, a finding that could have implications for breast cancer...
An Australian study has found that topical oestrogen could stop the spread of HIV, by preventing the virus from infecting men when applied to the penis.
Women who took raloxifene were less likely to develop invasive oestrogen-receptor (ER) positive breast cancer compared with women who did not, according to data from a randomised controlled trial ...
Oestrogen therapy may limit stroke damage if started close to, but not long after reproductive cycles are over, according to a new animal study. The results were presented Sunday, 15 June, at The ...
... in women with certain medical conditions, but University of Florida researchers suggest that recharging a naturally occurring oestrogen receptor in the brain may also clear cognitive cobwebs...
University of Illinois researchers report this week that chronic exposure to estradiol, the main oestrogen in the body, diminishes some cognitive functions. Rats exposed to a steady dose of estradiol ...
When combined with antipsychotic medications, the oestrogen appears to be a useful treatment in women with schizophrenia, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, ...
The Montreal water treatment plant dumps 90 times the critical amount of certain oestrogen products into the river. It only takes one nanogram (ng) of steroids per litre of water to disrupt the ...
Hormone therapy could accentuate certain pre-existing heart disease risk factors and a heart health evaluation should become the norm when considering oestrogen replacement, new research suggests...
... Ellis, M.B., Ph.D., associate professor of medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis - he has demonstrated that oestrogen therapy can help control metastatic breast cancer...
University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have discovered that oestrogen receptors are present in medulloblastoma - the most common type of paediatric brain tumour - leading them to believe that anti- ...
Oestrogen may be a new postnatal therapy to improve lung function and other outcomes in preterm infants, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Centre have found in an animal study...
Scientists at the University of Rochester have discovered that the hormone oestrogen plays a pivotal role in how the brain processes sounds...
Exposure to oestrogen reduces production of immune-related proteins in fish. This suggests that certain compounds, known as endocrine disruptors, may make fish more susceptible to disease...
