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How do your hormones work? - Emma Bryce

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Over our lifetimes, our bodies undergo a series of extraordinary metamorphoses: we grow, experience puberty, and many of us reproduce. Behind the scenes, the endocrine system works constantly to orchestrate these changes. Emma Bryce explains how this system regulates everything from your sleep to the rhythm of your beating heart, exerting its influence over each and every one of your cells.

Diabetes is a disease triggered by hormone imbalance, occurring when ______.

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Meet The Creators

  • Educator Emma Bryce
  • Director Daniel Gray
  • Narrator Addison Anderson
  • Producer Daniel Gray
  • Editor Daniel Gray
  • Compositor Daniel Gray
  • Designer Daniel Gray
  • Art Director Daniel Gray
  • Storyboard Artist Daniel Gray
  • Illustrator Daniel Gray
  • Content Producer Gerta Xhelo
  • Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
  • Associate Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott, Elizabeth Cox
  • Fact-Checker Laura Shriver

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