Total testosterone represents the sum of free, or bioavailable, testosterone and a more sizeable proportion bound to sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) and albumin. Total testosterone readings may ...

Scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) have glimpsed never-before-seen details of the human androgen receptor — the protein inside of cells that responds to male-typical hormones ...

The androgen receptor is the primary driver of the initiation and growth of prostate cancer, the second-leading cause of death in men. Looking to have a better understanding of how the androgen ...

Hu et al. have uncovered a novel mechanism for the development of hormone-refractory prostate cancer. The researchers found seven novel androgen receptor variants that are expressed in prostate cancer ...

Androgen is a male sex steroid hormone that exerts important physiological functions leading to masculine characteristics, maturation of reproductive systems, and bone metabolism. The major ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Men who formerly used anabolic androgenic steroids have decreased levels of serum insulin-like factor 3, a ...

Researchers have created an epigenetic tool which has implications for medicine, sports, and agriculture. Researchers from the University of Otago -- Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka have created a world-first ...

When transgender men transition, their risk for breast cancer tends to plummet and look more like the breast cancer risk for cisgender men, excluding those with high-risk mutations like BRCA1 or BRCA2 ...

Urologic evaluation before treatment is indicated when baseline prostate specific antigen (PSA) is ≥4 ng/mL (3 ng/mL for those at increased risk of prostate cancer, such as African-Americans and men ...

Researchers from the University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka have created a world-first epigenetic tool which has implications for medicine, sports, and agriculture. In a study published in the ...