Health News

An in-depth proteomic analysis of the sera of 50 participants from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) hormone replacement therapy trial provides some explanations for the trial’s clinical results. The study, published in Biomed Central’s open access journal Genome Medicine, shows that estrogen upregulates proteins involved in several major body processes. Samir Hanash, M.D., Ph.D.

Read more

Filed under: Women's Health
Tags: medicine, Protein, Women's Health

Related posts

• Weakened RNA Interference Reduces Survival In Ovarian Cancer (0)
  Levels of two proteins in a woman's ovarian cancer are strongly associated with her likelihood of survival, a research team led by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reports in the Dec. 18 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The study shows that women with [...]
  
  
• The Adult Brain Requires MeCP2 For Proper Functioning (0)
  A paper published online in Science provides evidence that the Methyl-CpG-Binding Protein 2 (MeCP2) is required throughout life to maintain healthy brain function. The findings are reported from the Baylor College of Medicine lab of Huda Zoghbi, HHMI investigator and Director of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute... Read more [tags] Women's Health [/tags]
  
  
• Researchers Find Protein Plays Key Role In Women’s Reproductive Health (0)
  Researchers now working at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine have found that a key protein - α-thalassemia/mental retardation X-linked protein, or ATRX - plays a pivotal role in the early stages of embryonic development. Details appear September 23 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics... Read more [tags] Women's Health [/tags]
  
  
• Cellular Processing Of Proteins Found In Congolese Child Birthing Tea (0)
  Many plants produce compounds that serve as a defense against predators or pathogens. Some are also used by humans for a variety of beneficial purposes, such as in medicines. As recently as the early 1990s, a unique class of proteins previously unknown to science, the cyclotides, was discovered... Read more [tags] Women's Health [/tags]
  
  
• Young Minority Women Screened At Higher Rate For Chlamydia Than Young White Women (0)
  A new study from the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Institute has found that Black and especially Hispanic young women are screened for chlamydia at a significantly higher rate than young white women. This discrepancy in screening rates may contribute to nationwide reporting of higher rates of this sexually transmitted disease among [...]