Impaired angiogenesis during the fetal period is associated with thyroid dysfunction at birth, shows new research in a cohort of newborn babies from the Generation R Study (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) ...

The pathophysiology of thyroid dysgenesis (TD) is not elucidated yet in the majority of cases. The unexpected familial clustering of congenital hypothyroidism due to TD suggests a genetically ...

The generation of functional thyroid tissue from stem cells could allow the treatment of patients, which suffer from thyroid hormone deficiency due to defective function, or abnormal development of ...

Based on in situ hybridization and hypothyroid studies, thyroid hormone appears to target photoreceptor development. The hormone may be acting in at least two ways. It could instruct neuronal ...

Soot and dust alters thyroid development in fetuses before they are born in smoggy cities, raising concern about health impacts later in life, new USC research shows. It means before a doctor cuts the ...

Soot and dust alters thyroid development in fetuses before they are born in smoggy cities, raising concern about health impacts later in life, new research shows. Scientists focused on more than 2,000 ...

Thyroid disorders can quietly disrupt women’s reproductive health, affecting periods, fertility, and pregnancy. Understand ...

While the developing retina shares much in common with other developing neural structures, it offers key experimental advantages. First, all seven of the basic retinal cell types have been identified ...

A new way of generating thyroid cells called thyrocytes make help to develop new therapies for thyroid disorders, reveals study. A new way to generate thyroid cells known as thyrocytes using ...

Thyroid cancer is a type of cancer that particularly affects females. While its exact causes are largely unknown, multiple risk factors can contribute to its development, including genetic factors.

Thyroid hormones control our everyday metabolism, but they're already crucial before birth: they are essential for the development of the organs, including the brain. And when the transporters of ...