Hormonal Relief

Product DescriptionProtooncogenes and Growth Factors in Steroid Hormone Induced Growth and Differentiation reviews current information regarding the complex nature of hormone-induced cell growth and differentiation. The contributors examine the emerging consensus that protooncogenes and growth factors mediate perhaps the most crucial steps leading to cell growth and differentiation. The primary objective of this book is [...]

Product DescriptionThe main argument of this book is that cell signalling via nerves, hormones, local mediators and growth factors are not distinct phenomena, but branches of one general mechanism and should therefore be studied in an integrated manner. This volume is designed to act as a bridge between general texts and is aimed at biologists [...]

Product DescriptionThe first major product of agricultural biotechnology was recombinant bovine growth hormone (rbGH, also know as rbST), a drug produced by Monsanto to increase milk production in cows. Following worldwide debate about its safety, it was approved in the United States in 1993 but rejected in Canada and Europe in 1999. In Science and [...]

Plant Hormones and Their Role in Plant Growth and Development

Product DescriptionIn March 2001, the National Institutes of Health issued the following warning: “The number of Web sites offering health-related resources grows every day. Many sites provide valuable information, while others may have information that is unreliable or misleading.” Furthermore, because of the rapid increase in Internet-based information, many hours can be wasted searching, [...]

Activation of Hormone and Growth Factor Receptors: Molecular Mechanisms and Consequences

Product DescriptionThis book provides an excellent and critical update of the present knowledgeon the action and function of growth hormone and insuline-like growth factors as well as the potential uses of the hormone and its dependent peptides in an increasing [...]

Growth Hormone and Other Biologically Active Peptides: International Symposium Proceedings

The NFL: Steroids and Human Growth Hormone

Product DescriptionIt has been known for over 40 years that GH-deficient children benefit from replacement with the hormone. But GH, essential for longitudinal growth, also plays a role after completion of final height. With the introduction of biosynthetic human GH 20 years ago, the use of GH was no longer restricted to severe growth retardation [...]