Endocrine Abstracts

Man is unique, with some other primates, in having adrenals that secrete large amounts of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA). The problem with DHEA, however, especially for women, is that its secretion from the adrenals starts decreasing at the age of 30 years and has already declined, on average, by 60% at menopause. Since there is no other source of sex steroids after menopause than those made locally in peripheral tissues by the mechanisms of intracrinology, it is logical to bel...

After obtaining his MD and PhD (Endocrinology) degrees with Honours at Laval University, Quebec City, Canada, F Labrie pursued his postdoctoral training at the University of Cambridge, UK, first in the Laboratory of Professor Asher Korner and then, in the Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Professor Frederick Sanger, twice Nobel laureate in medicine. Dr Labrie then isolated the first mammalian messenger RNA before returning to Laval University in 1969 where he founded the Labo...