Growth Hormones

[Cross Country Runner]

Today in school my biology teacher was discussing DNA replications. Soon the discussion involved growth hormones and how they can allow an individual who cannot produce growth hormones to grow at a regular rate with a simple ejection.

I began to wonder what these growth hormones are made up of. What are in the growth hormone ejections that allow it to be absorbed by the body? Also what would happen if too much growth hormones were produced? Would the result be a hulk or some type of mutation?

If anyone has any information please submit!

[thank.darwin]

Here is a great site...

http://www.science.org.au/nova/055/055key.htm


- Brendan

[MrMistery]

I guess it's impossible to find anything to add to what thank.darwin's site sais

[victor]

Basically, hormone is used only to stimulate the work of body organs..it happens the same to the growth hormone which will onl affect the speed of metabolism inside the body. So, if there's too much growth hormone inside someone's body, maybe the metabolism will be faster (especially protein catabolism and anabolism) and this makes the cell reproduction and development faster also. Example for this, you can see it from the work of Somatotrhophine and Tyrocsine hormone.

[thank.darwin]

I guess it's impossible to find anything to add to what thank.darwin's site sais

That's just the basics on that site... there is a lot more in dept information out there

[MrMistery]

If you want a PhD in that