Protein modifies thyroid hormone levels according to body temperature
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - 19:00
in Health & Medicine
The thyroid hormone thyroxine, which controls our day-to-day activity and was previously believed to remain at a constant level in the blood, actually fluctuates as a result of a protein which modifies the release of the hormone depending on body temperature, new research reveals. The research was published today, 29 January, in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.