For the fifth year in a row, Endocrine News spoke with editors from Endocrine Society journals to get the scoop on the top endocrine discoveries of 2019. Here is part 1 of Eureka! 2019. Editor-in-chief Teresa K. Woodruff, PhD, professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical Social Sciences, and Medicine at the Feinberg School of...
E-cigarette Use during Pregnancy Impairs Metabolic Health in Daughters, Mouse Study Finds
E-cigarette usage may impair fertility and pregnancy outcomes, according to a mouse study published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society. Researchers led by Kathleen Caron, PhD, of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, N.C., point out that while the dangers of cigarette smoke are well established, the England Public Health system has ruled e-cigarettes...
A Newborn Conundrum: Difference in Sex Development in Infants
Not as rare as previously thought, babies born with differences in sex development can present a vast array of challenges to clinicians, as well as to parents and the patients themselves. These cases require an experienced team of specialists from a variety of disciplines to ensure healthy and normal development. Each year, Nayla Leon, MD,...
One Step Closer: Is Male Hormonal Contraception Finally Within Reach?
New research presented at ENDO 2019 in New Orleans has reignited anticipation of a potential novel male hormonal contraceptive. After recent scientific breakthroughs, how long before men are “on the pill” or another means of hormonal contraceptive? Unintended pregnancy is a global public health problem. The health and economic impacts on women and their children...
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor May Prevent Defective Uterine Artery Remodeling
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) delivery selectively to the placental basal plate (PBM) may prevent maternal and neonatal impairments caused by defective uterine artery remodeling (UAR), according to a primate study recently accepted for publication in Endocrinology. Researchers led by Eugene Albrecht, PhD, a professor of medicine in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive...
ENDO 2019: Teresa Woodruff Charts the History of Reproductive Transplants in Sawin Lecture
The 2019 Delbert A. Fisher Award recipient is Teresa K. Woodruff, PhD, dean of The Graduate School and Chief of Reproductive Biology Research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern University in Chicago. Each year, the Delbert A. Fisher Research Scholar Award provides a $2,000 honorarium to a scholar demonstrating exceptional work in...Sexual Development Disorders May Be More Common Than Previously Thought
Ambiguous genitalia in newborns may be more common than previously thought, according to a study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of the Endocrine Society. Disorders of sexual development (DSD) are a group of conditions that include anomalies of the sex chromosomes, the gonads, the reproductive ducts and the genitalia. Ambiguous genitalia is when a...Genetic Studies Provide Possible Mechanistic Link Between Endometriosis and Ovarian Cancer
Genetic breakthroughs from three recent whole-exome sequencing studies of endometrial and endometriotic epithelial cells provided some unexpected findings linking endometriosis and ovarian cancer, according to a paper recently published in Endocrinology. The paper, by Serdar E. Bulun, MD, of the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago, notes that while associations between endometriosis...
