A hormone that helps regulate bone mass also is produced by the heart and could be a treatment for people with a dangerous heart rhythm disorder, according to new research from an international ...

Calcitonin is a hormone protein that lowers the concentration of blood calcium when it has risen to an above normal level. In humans and other mammals, calcitonin is secreted by the parafollicular ...

Reviewed by Sally Robertson, B.Sc. Calcitonin is a 32 amino acid polypeptide with a molecular weight of 3454.93 daltons. In humans and other mammals, this hormone is produced mainly by the ...

(Reuters) - A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended on Tuesday that the agency no longer support the marketing of calcitonin salmon as a treatment for osteoporosis in ...

Calcitonin (CT), a polypeptide hormone, plays important roles in a variety of physiological processes. CT has been used clinically to treat osteoporosis and humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy. In ...

The current recommended approach to patients with thyroid nodule(s) is to obtain a relevant history and physical examination focusing, for example, on whether there is a history of radiation to the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract During the reproductive cycle, the females of avian species metabolize large amounts of calcium, deposit large amounts of apatite in ...

A chimeric plasmid containing cDNA complementary to rat calcitonin mRNA has been constructed. Partial sequence analysis shows that the insert contains a nucleotide sequence encoding the complete amino ...

Staff reviewers for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said that a potential increased risk of cancer with drugs containing calcitonin salmon appears plausible. In briefing documents released on ...

CONTROL of the calcium-level in blood is the primary function of the parathyroids. McLean 1 has suggested that this is accomplished through a ‘feedback’ mechanism, by which a low level of calcium in ...