| What is HGH (Human Growth Hormone)?
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| | healing, brain function, physical and
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| The first step in our education is to
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| | mental health, bone strength, energy and
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| become familiar with some of the terms
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| | metabolism. In short, it is very
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| and definitions used while discussing
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| | important to just about every aspect of
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| Human Growth Hormone. Ready? Let's jump
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| | our life!
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| right in...
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| | What is Recombinant Growth Hormone (GH)?
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| What is a Hormone?
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| | Recombinant Growth Hormone is GH that is
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| Hormones are tiny chemical messengers
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| | synthesized in the lab. It is a
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| that help our body do different tasks.
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| | biosynthetic hormone that is identical to
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| Hormones are made up of amino acids.
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| | human growth hormone, but it is
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| Hormones are produced by the endocrine
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| | synthesized in the lab. Creating an exact
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| glands and then sent all over the body to
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| | replicate of HGH was not an easy task.
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| stimulate certain activities. For
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| | First scientist needed to isolate HGH.
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| example, Insulin is a well known hormone
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| | Once they achieved this step they could
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| that helps our body digest food. Our
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| | study the DNA make-up of the protein.
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| growth, digestion, reproduction and
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| | Scientist quickly realized making
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| sexual functions are all triggered by
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| | recombinant GH would be no easy task
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| hormones.
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| | since they had to accurately reproduce a
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| What is Human Growth Hormone?
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| | 191 amino acid hormone.I wish I could say
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| Human Growth Hormone (HGH or hGH) is the
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| | it was the quest to help mankind that
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| most abundant hormone produced by the
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| | lead to the invention of recombinant GH,
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| pituitary gland (pituitary is one of the
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| | but really it was money!
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| endocrine glands). The pituitary gland is
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| | Pharmaceutical companies knew that there
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| located in the center of the brain. HGH
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| | was big money to be made if they could
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| is also a very complex hormone. It is
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| | create HGH in a test tube. Scientist from
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| made up of 191 amino acids - making it
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| | the major drug companies raced to produce
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| fairly large for a hormone. In fact, it
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| | the 191 amino acid hormone in a test
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| is the largest protein created by the
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| | tube. While Genentech first claimed
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| Pituitary gland.
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| | victory in 1985, it was a short lived
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| HGH secretion reaches its peak in the
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| | success. The recombinant GH they made was
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| body during adolescence. This makes sense
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| | a 190 amino acid match - they were one
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| because HGH helps stimulate our body to
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| | amino acid off from HGH. This left the
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| grow. But, HGH secretion does not stop
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| | door open for Eli Lilly, who in 1986
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| after adolescence. Our body continues to
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| | created a 191 amino acid hormone that was
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| produce HGH usually in short bursts
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| | an identical match to the HGH produced by
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| during deep sleep.
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| | the pituitary gland. The drug is called
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| Growth Hormone is known to be critical
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| | Humatrope and is the most widely used
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| for tissue repair, muscle growth,
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| | recombinant growth hormone today.
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