14 related news articles for Intersex conditions
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Hudson Institute part of international project exploring sex differences in disease
Men and women are different. There is sex bias in disease prevalence, susceptibility, and severity. Response to drugs is also different.… Read more
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NHMRC Ideas Grants success
Hudson Institute has been successful in the NHMRC Ideas Grant round. Our researchers have been awarded four NHMRC Ideas Grants, totalling almost $4.1 million.… Read more
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New findings impact disorders of sex development
Changes in a gene linked to skeletal problems in humans could also be important for disorders of sex development (DSD), according to new research.… Read more
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ARC Discovery Project Grant
Congratulations to Professor Kate Loveland and her team who have been awarded an ARC Discovery Project grant to further her research in male fertility.… Read more
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Parkinson’s linked to gene on Y-chromosome in men for the first time
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder primarily associated with an inability to initiate and control voluntary movement.… Read more
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Brittany Croft receives prestigious award in California
For her cutting-edge study that sheds more light on how a baby’s sex is determined, PhD student Brittany Croft has received a top international accolade.… Read more
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Innovative clinical guide to help babies born with DSD
Boy or girl? Sometimes the answer is not straightforward.… Read more
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Discovery about how a baby’s sex is determined
A discovery has been made about how a baby’s sex is determined – it’s not just about the X-Y chromosomes, but involves a ’regulator’ that increases or decreases the activity of genes which decide if we become male or female.… Read more
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Written in DNA—study reveals potential biological basis for transgender
A new study has uncovered a link between being transgender and changes in genes that process the sex hormones estrogen and androgen, revealing a possible biological basis for gender dysphoria.… Read more
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NHMRC Fellowship success
Hudson Institute has had outstanding success in the recent National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Fellowship and Development Grant announcements.… Read more
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Boys, girls and intersex conditions
Hudson Institute researchers are closer to understanding the fundamental processes that make embryos develop as male, helping the 1 in 5000 babies that are born intersex.… Read more
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New genetic explanation for intersex provides hope
A study led by Professor Vincent Harley and Dr Daniel Bird examining the genetic causes of intersex, where a person is born with characteristics that are not clearly male or female… Read more
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$58,000 to unravel the sex-specific genetic causes of Parkinson’s disease
Researchers from Hudson Institute and Monash University’s School of Clinical Sciences have received a $58,000 Bethlehem Griffiths Research Foundation grant to help understand the sex-specific genetic causes for why men are more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease than women.… Read more
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Hudson Institute researchers identify new syndrome leading to intersex
Hudson Institute sex genetics experts Professor Vincent Harley and Dr Stefan Bagheri-Fam have led an international study which identifies a new rare disorder that forms another piece of the puzzle in understanding why some people are born intersex.… Read more