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KISSPEPTIN: Switching on Puberty
Introduction The switch that turns on pubertal development remains one of the most elusive triggers in science. One successful approach to uncovering pubertal mechanisms has been the study...
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Nobel Prize-Winning Endocrinologists
In the 1920s, when Rita LeviMontalcini was a young girl in Italy, she aspired to become a scientist, but she had two strikes against her: She is a woman and she is Jewish. Her father believed that a p...A Renaissance for Long-Acting Reversible Contraception
The intrauterine device (IUD) has come a long way since the 1970s when many were pulled off the market after being linked to pelvic inflammation, infections, and even death. The modern redesigned IUDs...ENDOCRINE PATHWAY - Route to Youthful Longevity?
In the never-ending search for the fountain of youth, human growth hormone has become the latest celebrity health craze. The effectiveness and safety of using growth hormone (GH) supplements to sta...
