Women's Health
New women's health study findings recently were published by researchers at University of Tsukuba
Published in Women's Health Weekly, February 22nd, 2007
Current study results from the report, "Ecdysteroid hormone titer and its relationship to vitellogenesis in the soft tick, Ornithodoros moubata (Acari: Argasidae)," have been published. "A blood meal is required for reproduction in most argasid female ticks. The blood meal appears to stimulate an organ in the posterior end to produce a fat body stimulating factor (FSF), which is thought to be an ecdysteroid, to induce vitellogenin (Vg) synthesis," scientists in Tsukuba, Japan report.
"In this study, the relationship of vitellogenesis and ecdysteroids was investigated by measuring Vg and ecdysteroid titers while observing oocyte development and oviposition in mated and...
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