Men have appeared likelier than women to die of COVID-19. Trials by researchers in US will seek to find out whether the answer lies in two sex hormones in women — estrogen and progesterone.
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Estrogen and progesterone are the two main sex hormones that characterise a woman.
Estrogen helps her develop female physical features and also maintains her reproductive system.
Progesterone is secreted by a temporary endocrine gland that the body produces during the second half of the menstrual cycle, and helps prepare the body for possible pregnancy after ovulation.
The male body too has estrogen and produces progesterone, both in smaller amounts.
Now, two teams in the US are testing the theory that these hormones help women fight COVID-19 better.
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