Researchers find key to getting oestrogen's benefits without cancer risk

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Centre have pinpointed a set of biological mechanisms through which oestrogen confers its beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system, independent of the hormone's actions on cancer. Their investigation suggests that drugs targeting a specific subpopulation of oestrogen receptors found outside the cell nucleus might activate the cardiovascular benefits of oestrogen without increasing cancer risk...

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