Hormone
Hormone
Brown offers apology to gay WWII codebreaker...Turing, the World War II codebreaker who committed suicide in 1954 after being prosecuted for homosexuality and forcibly treated with female hormones. The mathematician helped crack Nazi Germany's Enigma encryption machine - a turning point... In this article: Alan Turing, World War II, Gordon Brown, Hormone, Bletchley Park, London, Britain, All rights reserved, and Suicide |
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New Scientist - Latest Headlines | September 19, 2009
Alan Turing gets belated apology
...in 1952 was convicted of gross indecency for having a homosexual relationship. As an alternative to prison, Turing took hormone injections to reduce his libido. "His treatment was of course utterly unfair," said Prime Minister Gordon...
In this article: Alan Turing, New Scientist, John Graham-Cumming, Suicide, UK, and Gordon Brown
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | September 13, 2009
British PM says sorry for computer pioneer's castration
...countless lives. However, five years after the war he was convicted of gross indecency under laws which banned homosexuality and was sentenced to chemical castration involving a series of injections of female hormones. The conviction...
In this article: Alan Turing, Gordon Brown, John Graham-Cumming, World War Two, Enigma, Bletchley Park, Suicide, Chemically, and Oscar Wilde
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International Herald Tribune | September 14, 2009
The Lede: Apology to a Gay Code Breaker
...during World War II helped defeat Nazi Germany. Mr. Turing was convicted of "gross indecency" in 1952 for having a homosexual affair and was forced to endure injections of female hormones. Two years later, killed himself by biting into a...
In this article: Alan Turing, World War II, Simon Singh, John Graham-Cumming, Gordon Brown, British Tabulating Machine, Wikipedia, and Time Magazine
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All things digital – all feeds - ATD | September 14, 2009
Apology for Turing's Treatment Stirs the Twittersphere [Voices]
...55 years earlier by British officials. Turing, who was gay, was convicted in 1952 of gross indecency and given two choices, prison or "chemical castration" by a series of injections of female hormones. Two years after choosing the latter...
In this article: Alan Turing, Gordon Brown, Suicide, World War II, Bletchley Park, Dow Jones, Number 10 Downing Street, and Twitter
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washingtonpost.com | September 11, 2009
8 Things I Learned This Week
...who helped figure out Enigma. Turing lived in an era when homosexuality was illegal in Britain, and he was convicted of gross indecency and forcibly treated with female hormones to reduce his sex drive. He killed himself in 1954 at age...
In this article: Alan Turing, Queen Elizabeth 1, Tom Harkin, Barack Obama, Spanish Armada, World War II, Houston Chronicle, and Wii Sports
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Wikipedia | November 03, 2009
Alan Turing
...to undergo hormonal treatment designed to reduce libido. He accepted chemical castration via oestrogen hormone injections, one of the side effects of which was that he grew breasts. Turing's conviction led to the removal of his security...
In this article: Alan Mathison Turing, Bletchley Park, Mathematics, University of Manchester, Cambridge, Suicide, and Second World War
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BBC News | September 11, 2009
Tortured genius
...men was a criminal offence. He avoided a prison sentence by agreeing to undergo experimental hormone therapy - he was injected with female hormones to reduce his sex drive and chemically castrated. His career was also curtailed -...
In this article: Alan Turing, Andrew Hodges, Gordon Brown, Suicide, World War II, John Graham-Cumming, Ian McEwan, Stephen Fry, and Winston Churchill
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Hormones (from Greek ὁρμή - "impetus") are chemicals released by cells that affect cells in other parts of the body. Only a small amount of hormone is required to alter cell metabolism. It is also a chemical messenger that transports a signal from one cell to another. All multicellular organisms produce hormones; plant hormones are also called phytohormones. Hormones in animals are often transported in the blood. Cells respond to a hormone when they express a specific receptor for that hormone. The hormone binds to the receptor protein, resulting in the activation of a signal transduction mechanism that ultimately leads to cell type-specific responses.
Endocrine hormone molecules are secreted (released) directly into the bloodstream, while exocrine hormones (or ectohormones) are secreted directly into a duct, and from the duct they either flow into the bloodstream or they flow from cell to cell by diffusion in a process known as paracrine signalling.
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