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Investigates the potential of human growth hormome. Research into a mass-produced, synthetic form of growth hormone has revealed the fundamental role that growth hormone plays in regulating human bodies at...
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Examines the functions of the endocrine system, which is the communications network within the body, the hormonal signals of which originate in the endocrine glands and are disseminated through the...
Food production is a highly technical business. This programme looks at long-term sustainability in farming. Looks at the basic scientific principles of plant growth - the balance between nutrient and energy...
Measuring a child’s height and growth is one of the most effective ways of monitoring overall well-being. Theoretically easy, it is in practice often one of the least well-performed parts of the clinical...
Two studies examine factors that regulate plant growth. Phototropism is the growth of a plant stem towards the light. The validity of the Cholodney-Went theory of phototropism is considered in the light of...
The screening of head circumference, weight and height measurements, plays a large part in the general programme of child health surveillance carried out on every child in this country. There has been wide...
Looks at how cells respond to molecular signals from outside. Features bacterial chemotaxis and reviews current knowledge of how receptors influence the flagellar rotation. Discusses growth hormones and how...
A series examining the human living body in its entirety, answering questions such as what underlies movement, thinking, eating and breathing, how one body gives birth to another, how can the human eye be so...
Describes the instruments and techniques required to measure height and weight accurately. Growth charts for attained height and weight velocity are described and their use discussed.
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