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Scientists initially became interested in the COX-2 enzyme because it's found in so many cancer cells. When active, COX-2 produces a chemical called a prostaglandin that helps keep the stomach lining healthy. It also helps the kidney and blood platelets function properly. In tumors, however, prostaglandin becomes a bad actor, an evil conspirator that helps build the new blood supplies that tumors need to grow. COX-2 also makes cancer cells more resistant to the body's immune response and more resistant to drugs. What would happen, scientists wondered, if you suppressed the COX-2 enzyme with...
...tracks and taken aback by a disturbing verbal usage in William Adams’ column, “Twenty-three is the Ugliest Number” (Nov. 10). In this column, the author’s mother is said to have been “injected with prostaglandin hormones to induce pregnancy.” To induce pregnancy, you wonder? That’s what I wondered as well...
Twenty-three years ago, dated from Nov. 6, my mother was injected with prostaglandin hormones to induce pregnancy. Apparently I was in no hurry to leave—and can you blame me? With an entire womb to myself, the chance to swim all day and all the food I could eat, pre-natal life was a breeze. But the obstetrician’s vacation schedule and my mother’s impatience meant my life in the womb had to end. I screamed as my own mother evicted me from her cozy uterus...
Acetaminophen may also inhibit prostaglandin production, according to the study. No definite conclusion explaining the drug’s effect on blood pressure was reached...
SEPTEMBER 1988 French Health Ministry approves RU 486 combined with prostaglandin for medical abortion. The following month Roussel Uclaf suspends distribution because of pressure from antiabortion groups. After the ministry orders the pills back on the market, they become available the following year...