Many mitogenic effects of GH are mediated by IGF-I. In some studies of diabetic patients, serum IGF-I levels or vitreal IGF-I levels are associated with proliferative retinopathy (6 ).

the foundership of a monastery

A person who is banished or who becomes a monk is civilly dead.

The nene is a handsome bird that almost became extinct in the wild but was reintroduced successfully from ones bred in captivity.