Testosterone Helps Protect Embryos From Inflammation, Mouse Study Suggests

Testosterone often gets a bad rap as the cause of male aggression, but the hormone actually interacts with our bodies in far more, and more complex, ways. Now, in a new study in mice, researchers find that testosterone protects embryos from harm by reducing inflammation during development. It’s a new role for the hormone, and one that could prove beneficial to humans, the researchers say.