Alzheimers revelation: How the brain disease was spread between humans via a growth hormone given to children in the UK up until 1985 – The Olive…

Alzheimers revelation: How the brain disease was spread between humans via a growth hormone given to children in the UK up until 1985   The Olive Press

Normal Physiology of Growth Hormone in Adults – Endotext – NCBI Bookshelf

GH is a single chain protein with 191 amino-acids and two disulfide bonds. The human GH gene is located on chromosome 17q22 as part of a locus that comprises five genes. In addition to two GH related genes (GH1 that codes for the main adult growth hormone, produced in the somatotrophic cells found in the anterior pituitary gland and, to a minor extent, in lymphocytes, and GH2 that codes for placental GH), there are three genes coding for chorionic somatomammotropin (CSH1, CSH2 and CSHL) (also known as placental lactogen) genes (2,3)