Monday, March 12, 2012

Boy Stuff

Circumcision May Help Protect Against Prostate Cancer
A new analysis led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has found that circumcision before a male's first sexual intercourse may help protect against prostate cancer. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study suggests that circumcision can hinder infection and inflammation that may lead to this malignancy.
Men Respond More Aggressively Than Women to Stress and It's All Down to a Single Gene
If the SRY gene is absent the testes do not form and the fetus develops as a female. People long thought that SRY's only function was to form the testes" said Professor Harley. "Then we found SRY protein in the human brain and with UCLA researchers led by Professor Eric Vilain, showed that the protein controls movement in males via dopamine."
Huh.  How about that.
Men may actually be subject to the laws of physics...  
Who coulda guessed?