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Research conducted at University of Alabama has provided new information about life sciences

Published in Blood Weekly, April 23rd, 2009

According to a study from the United States, "Estrogen has antiinflammatory and vasoprotective effects when administered to young women or experimental animals that appear to be converted to proinflammatory and vasotoxic effects in older subjects, particularly those that have been hormone free for long periods."

"Clinical studies have raised many important questions about the vascular effects of estrogen that cannot easily be answered in human subjects," wrote D.Q. Xing and colleagues, University of Alabama.

The researchers concluded: "Here we review cellular/molecular mechanisms by which estrogen modulates injury-induced inflammation, growth factor...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2009-04-23)

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