Progesterone Linked to Breast Growth (1 of 3) (IMAGE)

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Progesterone Linked to Breast Growth (1 of 3)

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This collage illustrates the heterogeneity of human breast tissue. Shown are hematoxylin and eosin stained histological sections of 16 consecutive specimens from breast-reduction procedures. Scale bar: 200 μm. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the April 24, 2013, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by Dr. T. Tanos at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland, and colleagues was titled, "Progesterone/RANKL Is a Major Regulatory Axis in the Human Breast."

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