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Prostate cancer hijacks tumor cell biorhythm to evade hormone therapy

Scienmag

Hormone therapy is successful at keeping metastatic prostate cancer under control, but eventually the tumor cells become resistant to it. An unexpected potential solution has now emerged in medicines not designed to fight cancer, but to target proteins that regulate a cell’s circadian rhythm.

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Neurocrine Biosciences’ Crenessity Approved as First New Treatment in Decades for Rare Genetic Disorder CAH

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CAH is a group of rare genetic disorders affecting the adrenal glands, which produce essential hormones like cortisol, aldosterone and androgens. The most common form of CAH, 21-hydroxylase deficiency, disrupts hormone production, leading to cortisol deficiency and an overproduction of androgens.

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New research data on the regulation of hormone-dependent breast cancer

Scienmag

Notch proteins are key regulators of growth and differentiation of both normal and cancer cells. These results can be used in the development of new cancer treatments, especially for hormone-dependent breast cancer.

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Exercise hormone may modulate genes associated with replication of novel coronavirus

Scienmag

Brazilian researchers observed that in uninfected adipocytes, the hormone irisin altered the expression of genes that regulate ACE-2, which encodes a protein to which the virus binds in order to invade human cells.

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New NHS Scheme cuts cost burden for hormone replacement therapies in the UK

Pharmaceutical Technology

On April 1, the UK Department of Health and Social Care announced the launch of a new scheme to expand access to cheaper Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) drugs. It relieves symptoms such as hot flushes, night sweats, brain fog, joint pains, mood swings and vaginal dryness, by replacing hormones that may be at a lower level during menopause.

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New Skoltech sensor tracks ‘stress hormone’ in real time

Scienmag

Cortisol, a steroid hormone commonly known as the “stress hormone,” plays a significant role in the regulation of a range of […]. The paper was published in the journal Talanta.

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Reduced hormone supply in pregnant mothers linked to ADHD in their children

Scienmag

Low levels of key, body-regulating chemicals in mothers during the first three months of pregnancy may interfere with the baby’s brain development, a large American study shows. These chemicals, or hormones, are produced in the thyroid gland in the neck and are known to influence fetal growth.