hormone
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Biden announced the diagnosis two days later and began receiving hormone and radiation therapy immediately.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Several that the human body naturally produces have been turned into effective medications, including insulin, human growth hormone and glucagon-like peptide-1, or GLP-1.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
He has since undergone radiation and hormone therapy, while his son Hunter said in August that the disease had spread further and was causing considerable pain.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
Luteinizing hormone is produced by the pituitary gland and signals the testes to produce testosterone.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
Together, they siphon off an enzyme, which stops the production of a certain hormone, which complicates my life.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
The rare cancer, which starts in the nerve and cell glands that make and release hormones, is estimated to affect 6,000 people in the UK every year, according to the charity, Neuroendocrine Cancer UK.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
The team then refined the results by concentrating on genes associated with proteins released outside cells, a common characteristic of hormones.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
One of the hormones produced through this process is GLP-1, the same hormone whose effects semaglutide mimics.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
In this case, the hormones appear to encourage the remaining blue cones to change into red and green cones.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
The sex hormones are, of course, normally present in the body and perform a necessary growth-stimulating function in relation to the various organs of reproduction.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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