Researchers have successfully used human stem cells to generate functional pituitary tissue that secretes hormones important for the body's stress response as well as for its growth and reproductive ...

Pituitary gland is an endocrinal master gland of the body that releases Growth hormone that is responsible for the overall growth of a child. The pituitary gland is a small gland at the base of the ...

In the human body, the endocrine system consists of a network of glands and secrete hormones to regulate the functions of the body including growth and metabolism. When glands produce an incorrect ...

We read with interest the Review 'G-protein-coupled receptors and cancer' by Dorsam and Gutkind published in Nature Reviews Cancer 1. In table 1 the authors state inaccurately that thyrotropin ...

Geneticists have made an unexpected discovery on hormone secretion. Contrary to common belief, the researchers found that pituitary cells are organized in structured networks. A team of geneticists at ...

I have a 23-year-old female patient with a history of menstrual irregularities, but without visual disturbances or headache. An NMR showed a pituitary adenoma. The neurosurgeon she was referred to is ...