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Show SCIENTISTS FIND NEW SUBSTANCE Located in Base of Brain and Produces Growth of Human Body. Berkeley, Cal.. Jan. 6. Scientists at tho University of California have discovered dis-covered the substance that produces growth in the human body, it was announced an-nounced today. Teihelin Is what they call it; it is located In the pituitary body at the base of the brain and by retarding or eccelerating its functions it may be possible, according to the Berkeley wcientiHls, to control the suture sut-ure of human beings Announcement of the discovery was made by Dr. T. B. Robertson, profes- sor of biochemistry, who said that he had succeeded in isolating tet..elin and that he believed that it was the first time in the history of biological science sci-ence that it had been done. Dr. Robertson said that hi.s experiments experi-ments covered a period of four years and that the ultimate importance of the discovery made by him and his associates as-sociates could not be estimated at this time. oo |