The pea-sized pituitary gland is composed of both anterior and posterior lobes; in adults, the vertical diameter is approximately 8mm, with the horizontal circumference found to be 12 millimeters ...

A hidden clue may explain why some mutated cells become cancerous and others don’t: how fast they divide. A new study from ...

A team of researchers led by Dr. Rod Bremner at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health in Toronto, has made a significant breakthrough in understanding cancer susceptibility. Their ...

Researchers found the gene and genetic variation behind orange fur in most domestic cats, solving a decades-long mystery.

The AIP gene codes for the AIP protein and it is synthetised in several types of cells including the cells of the pituitary gland. AIP is thought to be a tumour suppressor gene. Its function is to ...

Hormones are chemicals that send information between cells and organs to control metabolic ... to send a releasing hormone (GnRH) to the pituitary gland. The releasing hormone signals the ...

The ability of a mutation to cause cancer depends on how fast it forces cells to divide, according to a new study led by ...

(3) After all of the AVP stored in the posterior pituitary gland has been released, a third phase of diabetes insipidus develops if >80-90% of the AVP-secreting neuronal cell bodies in the ...

A review of the Johns Hopkins Hospital surgical records from 1896–1912 on a patient with hypopituitarism secondary to a suprasellar mass, in whom the first documented pituitary gland ...

Our bodies are regulated by hormones which are chemicals that allow communication between different cells ... glands and together these glands are referred to as the endocrine system. The study of ...

decided to look at the rate at which cells divide. The team introduced different mutations known to cause cancer in a range of tissues—like the lung, retina, and pituitary gland. They found ...