Can exposure to excess androgen during fetal life increase risk of hepatic disease in male offspring?
2019
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2019
Background
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common condition. Hyperandrogenaemia characterises PCOS, and is considered an ‘in utero environmental programmer’ of PCOS in female offspring. Male o...
Funder: Society for Reproduction and Fertility | Value: £3,000
Sex-specific disease aetiology from developmental steroid insults: mechanistic understanding and biomarker development towards disease prevention
2017
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2021
Risks of developing many adult illnesses are set down as we develop in the womb, hence the environment we experience during fetal life needs to be ‘just right’. Understanding how the fetal environmen...
Funder: Medical Research Council | Value: £636,509