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Two hormones for controlling blood glucose and their site of production
- Insulin produced in beta cells of pancreas
- Glucagon produced in alpha cells of pancreas
Target cells remain sensitive to insulin Target cells less sensitive to insulin
Requires daily injections Controlled by diet and exercise, not insulin injections
Role of LH in males
- Stimulates the secretion of testosterone by the testis
Decision to have children is clearly a conscious one Spare embryos are killed
Screening of embryos decreases chance of defects Production of extra embryos raise legal issues
Cancer patients can harvest ova/sperm before Could lead to gender choice
chemotherapy
Production of extra embryos may be used for IVF is expensive and might not be equally
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