A prospective cohort of 30 patients found that endoscopic endonasal surgery achieved gross total or near-total removal in 80 ...

A 60-expert Chinese panel has released a revised consensus offering 36 recommendations for diagnosing and treating ...

Stem cell biologist Hugo Vankelecom (KU Leuven) and his colleagues have discovered that the pituitary gland in mice ages as the result of an age-related form of chronic inflammation. It may be ...

In a new study published in Cell Reports, Finnish researchers show that pituitary macrophages, the immune cells located in the pituitary gland, help regulate hormonal balance. It is possible that in ...

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 ...

Scientists have grown working pituitary glands in the lab that could potentially transform the treatment of people with a range of debilitating hormone disorders. The team of Japanese researchers grew ...

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 ...

An unexpected observation has led researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science to challenge a 200-year-old doctrine regarding the embryonic origins of the pituitary gland. Situated at the base of ...

One of the enduring ichthyological mysteries is how migratory fish know when it is time to move from their winter to summer habitats. The ability to tell when the seasons are changing is crucial for a ...