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puberty

(Science: paediatrics) The period during which the secondary sex characteristics begin to develop and the capability of sexual reproduction is attained.

Origin: L. Pubertas The time of life when sex glands become functional.The beginning of adolescence in humans where they are able to produce functional gametes for reproduction and secondary sex characteristics begin to develop due to the changing level of hormones associated with puberty.


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Anybody have some answer

... procedures are for diseases of the ageing). I would look at a stem cell place that specifically takes kids (if your daughter has not yet reached puberty).

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by kolean
Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:53 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Anybody have some answer
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Views: 210

Re: A question from Cloning

... beyond DNA sequence? If so, any further development of even a successfully cloned emryo, such as development of teeth,brain, development during puberty and mental development etc., ( which may not be stricly metamorhosis) may also get affected? What I had in mind was cloning assumes : (Sperm ...

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by koyal
Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:38 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: A question from Cloning
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Views: 491

Future Human Evolution

... that 18 years of age which is just about the standard in most countries. It is true that nutritional and environmental factors have made girl's puberty to take place even earlier, but even the "normal" age of puberty is, as everyone knows, much earlier than what the law says. Whether ...

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by biohazard
Thu Apr 30, 2009 11:56 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Future Human Evolution
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T cell differentiation

... edit: Interestingly, the removal of thymus in adult age results in no apparent loss of T cell function or numbers, which suggests that after puberty the T cell pool is large enough to cover the epitopes they need to recognize, and that the cells are both long lived and divide in the periphery. ...

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by biohazard
Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:43 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: T cell differentiation
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Androgen and oestrogen deficiency or inhibition

... natural or artificial causes, and possibly scientific, or clinical studies of such cases ? I am interested in cases starting both before and after puberty, though the latter interests me more. More precisely, I would be interested in knowing the complete panel of effects such a lack could have ...

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by Infotropism
Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:50 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Androgen and oestrogen deficiency or inhibition
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