As one of the most common intracranial tumors, pituitary tumor is associated with high morbidity. Effective therapy is currently not available for some pituitary tumors due to the largely undefined ...

Development of the anterior pituitary gland, from a common primordium in the roof of the embryonic mouth into an organ comprising multiple distinct endocrine cell types, is described by two University ...

Last spring, a research team at Japan’s RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology created retina-like structures from cultured mouse embryonic stem cells. This week, the same group reports that it’s ...

The pituitary gland is the size of a pea, but it plays a major role in the endocrine system. It is often called the master gland because it controls several other hormone glands in the body. Almost ...

Signaling progress toward cell replacement therapy for hypopituitarism, scientists based at the Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research have shown that lab-grown pituitary cells can function in ...

Researchers have developed the world's first congenital pituitary hypoplasia (CPH) model using patient-derived iPS cells. The research group succeeded in using the model to illuminate the mechanisms ...

A pituitary tumor is an abnormal growth in your pituitary, which is a small, bean-shaped gland in your head. The majority of these tumors are benign (not cancer) and often called adenomas. Because the ...

LIGHT influences the level of melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH) in the pituitary gland of rats 1. The MSH content increases after a period of constant illumination and is lowered by a period of ...

A recent study found that tumors of the pituitary gland are more common than many health care professionals realize, with national prevalence rates averaging 16.7 percent. To neurosurgeon Dr. Gail ...

Benign pituitary tumors are not cancerous but can still cause problems if they compress your brain tissue or optic nerves. Some can lead to the under- or overproduction of certain hormones. Your ...

Hypopituitarism is a rare disorder of the endocrine system, which is responsible for hormone production. The condition develops when the pituitary gland does not make enough hormones. Hypopituitarism ...

Adrenal insufficiency — the clinical manifestation of deficient production or action of glucocorticoids — is a life-threatening disorder that may result from either primary adrenal failure or ...