Progesterone leads to inflammation, a breast cancer risk factor

Physiology professor Sandra Haslam and microbiology professor Richard Schwartz are part of a  team of MSU scientists who published a study in the Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology examining the genes activated by progesterone and the effects of their activation in a mouse model system. The research shows that exposure to the hormone progesterone activates [...]

Cancer-obesity link discovery by MSU researchers

Physiology professor Julia Busik and food science professor Jennifer Fenton have identified a new link between body fat and cancer in a study published in the journal Carcinogenesis. Read more…