A team of scientists is working to formulate a drug that can treat children who are diagnosed with gigantism. Which effect should the drug have on patients? starts the secretion of substances from the adrenal gland that decrease growth increases the secretion of substances from the reproductive glands that stop growth stops the secretion of substances from the thyroid gland that cause growth decreases the secretion of substances from the pituitary gland that cause growth

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Aubrey Thomas

Biology

4 February, 00:02

A team of scientists is working to formulate a drug that can treat children who are diagnosed with gigantism. Which effect should the drug have on patients? starts the secretion of substances from the adrenal gland that decrease growth increases the secretion of substances from the reproductive glands that stop growth stops the secretion of substances from the thyroid gland that cause growth decreases the secretion of substances from the pituitary gland that cause growth

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Neveah Leon · Answer 1

A team of scientists is working to formulate a drug that can treat children who are diagnosed with gigantism. Gigantism is caused by the excess production of growth hormone by the pituitary gland present in the fore-brain. Growth hormone in turn signals the liver to produce a second harmone, Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1). The growth hormone and IGF-1 together tell the cells in the muscles, bones and skin to increase their number. Hence the possible effect of the administered drug will be to decreases the secretion of substances from the pituitary gland that cause growth.

Ashton Morrow · Answer 2

decreases the secretion of substances from the pituitary gland that cause growth

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As we know gigantisms is a disease that causes kids to grow larger than they should and than it is physically healthy for them, it is caused by different reasons, but the effect is that the pituitary gland secretes a substance that causes growth in abnormal levels, causing people to grow more tha they should, if the scientist want to formulate the drug and attack the problem, they should search for something that would cause a decrease in the secretion of subtances from the pituitary gland that cause growth.