Endocrine Abstracts

“Bond put down the piece of quartz and gazed again into the heart of the diamond… In these few minutes Bond understood the myth of diamonds, and he knew that he would never forget what he had suddenly seen inside the heart of this stone.” FLEMING, Ian. Diamonds are Forever. London: Jonathan Cape, 1956.1946 was not only the year that the Society for Endocrinology was formed it was also the year of the National Health Service Act 194...

Epithelial Ovarian Cancer (EOC) is the leading cause of death from gynaecological malignancy in the developed world. Epidemiological evidence indicates number of lifetime ovulations as being a major risk factor for the development of the disease. As ovulation is an inflammatory process, it is thought that repetitive inflammation-associated damage to the ovarian surface epithelium (OSE) leads to oncogenic events within these cells. Previous studies have demonstrated that health...