Understanding endometriosis

(American Chemical Society) About 10 percent of women worldwide suffer from endometriosis, a painful and debilitating disease with inadequate treatments. Currently, doctors don't know what causes the condition, which occurs when endometrial tissue escapes the uterus and forms lesions on other organs. But scientists are working hard to better understand the disease and develop new diagnostic tests and medicines, according to an article in Chemical& Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - Category: Biology Source Type: news