To help treat cancer of the breast, kidney, or uterus. Progestins help change the cancer cell's ability to react to other hormones and proteins that cause tumor growth. In this way, progestins can stop the growth of a tumor. To test the body's production of certain hormones such as estrogen.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) was created by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). NIOSH is the only Federal agency tasked with conducting research to prevent worker injury and illness.
NIOSH conducts projects internally through its intramural research program, and NIOSH funds projects for external partners through the NIOSH extramural research grant program. NIOSH intramural research includes a number of projects to develop or improve hazard or exposure-specific sensors or to use multiple sensors in combination to improve exposure assessment and to reduce workplace exposures.