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100 YEARS OF HORMONES www.100yearsofhormones.org The posters celebrate just a few of the many fields of endocrine research that have increased our understanding of hormonal regulation, and enabled clinical endocrinology to save or improve the lives of millions of people worldwide. The Society's flagship publication, Journal of Endocrinology, marks the centenary with a series of specially commissioned review articles from leading international experts. Go to www.try-joe.org for this and more free ‘Starling Reviews’ on subjects such as: • Appetite control • Hypothalamic hormones • Gene therapy of pituitary diseases • Behaviour Throughout 2005 the Society for Endocrinology presents a series of limited edition posters to mark the centenary of the first use of the word ‘hormone’ by Ernest Starling. Angiogenesis (the development of blood vessels). Work in this exciting field of endocrinology may in the future save the lives of many cancer sufferers by developing therapies to halt the formation of blood vessels that feed tumours. See the free centenary review articles in Journal of Endocrinology at www.try-joe.org Image: Coloured SEM of blood vessels in a lung, NCI/SPL