hormones

People and mice with ALS-linked mutations show altered sleep patterns early in life. Modifying sleep hormone levels normalized sleep cycles in mice.

Levels of neuroactive steroids during the third trimester of pregnancy may indicate postpartum depression risk.

Pfizer researchers are developing new treatments to target breast cancer tumors that flourish in the presence of hormones.

Researchers developed a new pill with promising applications for treating pain due to gastrointestinal disorders.

Slowing female reproductive aging could be the key to improving women’s health.

With a high mortality rate and no treatment, alcoholic hepatitis is a tragic diagnosis. But a new molecule that alters patient epigenetics may become the first effective therapy for the disease.

Bioengineer Linda Griffith creates tissue models to figure out what causes endometriosis and how to treat it.

From stem cell-recruiting gels to hormone cycle restoration, Tracy Criswell has big ideas about how to combat age-related decline in muscle regeneration.

Prairie voles without oxytocin receptors showed surprisingly normal social behaviors, raising questions about the underpinnings of sociality.

The words “diet” and “exercise” are synonymous with weight loss. Researchers now think that “pharmacotherapy” should be too.