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FDA Approves EGRIFTATM (tesamorelin For Injection): First And Only Treatment For The Reduction Of Excess Abdominal Fat In HIV-infected Patients With Lipodystrophy

... stimulates growth hormone production and increases serum IGF-1. Given that IGF-1 is a growth factor and the effect of prolonged elevations in IGF-1 levels ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Nov 11 2010 - 9:00am - 0 attachments

‘Biological Passport’ Gets Support For Growth Hormone Doping In Sports

... blood serum levels of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and type III procollagen (P-III-P) in 303 elite and 78 amateur athletes at intervals across the athletic season. IGF-1 and P-III-P have been identified by the GH-2000 and GH-2004 studies(1) as ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 2 2010 - 4:48pm - 0 attachments

Diabetes Drug Could Help Smokers Avoid Lung Cancer

... decreases levels of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and circulating insulin, which is important in patients with type 2 ... growth, by decreasing levels of circulating insulin and IGF-1. This effect was even more profound when metformin was administered to ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 19 2010 - 4:27pm - 0 attachments

Eat Less, Abuse Science

Eternity Soup , by Greg Critser Harmony Books, 2010 Scientific Blogging's own Greg Critser has tackled the science and business of eternal youth in his latest book. It's an engaging and excellent read. Critser is a fine storyteller, mixing ...

Article - Michael White - Mar 31 2010 - 9:39pm - 0 attachments

Small Dogs Came From Middle East 12,000 Years Ago

A new study of the IGF1 gene in BMC biology has found that small domestic dogs probably originated in the Middle East more than 12,000 years ago. Researchers traced the evolutionary history of IGF1, finding that the version of the gene that is a major ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 23 2010 - 7:50pm - 0 attachments

You Telo-Me, I Tell-o You

... to work—ratcheted down Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 (IGF-1), does not seem implicated in exceptional human longevity; in one ...

Article - Greg Critser - Feb 19 2010 - 7:04pm - 0 attachments

Newton Gets 2 Years For World-First HGH Positive Finding

... and other tissues to secrete insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1). This stimulates production of cartilage cells, resulting in bone growth ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Feb 22 2010 - 10:02am - 0 attachments

Green Tea May Reduce Lung Cancer Risk For Smokers

Drinking green tea could modulate the effects of smoking on lung cancer, suggests a hospital-based, randomized study presented at the AACR-IASLC Joint Conference on Molecular Origins of Lung Cancer. Researchers enrolled 170 patients with lung cancer a ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 12 2010 - 7:07pm - 0 attachments

Heart Regeneration A Step Closer

... ATP, Histamine and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1). Interestingly, when cardiac stem cells grew in the presence of any of ...

Article - Catarina Amorim - Oct 10 2009 - 3:42am - 0 attachments

Not Just The Gene - Abnormal SHOX Regulation Implicated In Short Stature And Leri-Weill Syndrome

The so-called SHOX gene (short stature homeobox gene) is responsible for the normal growth of bones and is often mutated in short-stature patients. Short stature is considered when final height of an individual is no more than 160 cm (men) or 150 cm (wome ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 25 2009 - 12:12pm - 0 attachments