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• n  a steroid hormone (trade name Lipo-Lutin) produced in the ovary; prepares and maintains the uterus for pregnancy

• But the most significant evidence was a contrast in speed between relaxin and progesterone.
• Because the presence of RU 486 blocks the action of progesterone, the uterine lining sloughs off, and the embryo is expelled, as an unfertilized egg is during a normal period.
• To treat heavy menstrual bleeding, patients can use an interuterine device (IUD) coated with the hormone levonorgestrel, a type of progesterone.

• Lipo-Lutin

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• Hormonal Treatment for Endometrial Cancer Does Not Directly Target the Malignant Cells but Works Through Surrounding ...
  Progesterone, a female hormone that can be used as a therapy for endometrial cancer, eliminates tumor cells indirectly by binding to its receptor in stromal or connective tissue cells residing in the tumor microenvironment, according to a study from the G.O. Discovery Lab team and collaborators at UCLA.
  June 11, 2013 - Newswise

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• Dick Wolf in Orlando Sentinel
  I consider these two changes the most significant since the fourth year of the show, when Epatha and Jill Hennessy came in and brought some progesterone as opposed to the pure testosterone of the first three seasons,Wolf says.
• David Hager in LifeNews.com
  Emory scientist Donald Stein was the first to discover that progesterone has neuroprotective effects, and much of the foundational work on progesterone for TBI was from his laboratory. Their results were so impressive, that we felt it was time to... Arthur Kellermann http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Kellermann&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGB24XnjezSkuTSGk4ow3ADeTRnEw RxPG NEWS http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.rxpgnews.com/research/neurosciences/article_5026.shtml&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGl2IYBO137Uynu8vyIJdpbtSOwtg Oct 2, 2006 77915 104933 progesterone Mifepristone is one of two medications in the regimen marketed as Mifeprex which also includes the drug misoprostol," explained Dr. Hager. "Mifepristone is an anti-progesterone which acts at the level of the lining of the uterus to interfere...