Invisible Gender in Medical Research

The thing about being XXY and/or variant is how we are continually compared with XY Males even though we are biologically different and respond differently in major health disparities  such as (in this instance) Cardiovascular health and disease. Not helpful to the XXY is a pathological relience on the Y chromosome determining maleness and how …

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Hyperestrogenism The Elephant in Klinefelter’s Syndrome

Photo Credit: William Daigneault What is clear is that a condition of relative hyperestrogenism is present in these patients, since the estradiol/testosterone ratio is altered thanks to the lower concentrations of total serum testosterone in presence of normal serum estradiol. Accordingly, the results of this study confirm unequivocally the significant reduction in total serum testosterone …

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Inside the Experiment That Could End Infertility

IVG uses stem cells — the biological clay that can form every body part — to build sex cells, which in humans are sperm and eggs. If successful, the technique could solve infertility due to age, cancer, or various disorders, which today affects tens of millions of people. It could also stretch the possibilities for genetic kinship and nudge biology …

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