GeneScience Pharmaceutical pleads guilty in GH case

A Chinese drug company, GeneScience Pharmaceutical, and its chief executive have agreed to plead guilty to charges of illegally distributing human growth hormone in the United States, according to filings in United States District Court in Rhode Island.
The company that identifies itself as the most profitable biopharmaceutical company of China had distributed the [...]

Biomarkers for growth hormone identified by researchers

Researchers while presenting results of an animal study at the Endocrine Society’s 90th Annual Meeting in San Francisco made claims about potential new biomarkers for growth hormone (GH).
The identification is expected to have implications for helping doping officials in identifying and preventing the use of growth hormone and steroids during sporting events.
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Study indicate growth hormone not useful for enhancing physical performance

Injecting growth hormone (GH) with an aim to enhance physical performance or build muscle mass does not bring any benefits, as per a new dissertation from the Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University in Sweden.
Growth hormone has been believed to be one of the most potent performance enhancing drugs in the past [...]

Growth hormone produced naturally in human brain

According to article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, growth hormone (GH) is naturally produced in the human brain.
The involved researchers found that the growth hormone is produced within a structure deep inside the brain known as hippocampus, which is involved in emotion and memory. It was also found that the [...]