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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute: What estrogen really does and what happens without it
January 16, 2026
ROANOKE, Virginia, Jan. 16 -- The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech posted the following news:

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What estrogen really does and what happens without it

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To better understand human biology, scientists often turn to mice, with whom we share about 90 percent of disease-related genes. But for decades, that research has been conducted primarily on male mice.

That imbalance has influenced everything from our unde . . .

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