Parathyroid hormone is secreted from the four parathyroid glands, which are small glands in the neck, located behind the thyroid gland. Parathyroid hormone regulates calcium levels in the blood, largely by increasing the levels when they are too low. It does this through its actions on the kidneys, bones and intestine:
De novo literally means something akin to from the beginning or anew. Man at Doctor's Visit. Prostate Cancer. The Latin expression de novo literally means something akin to from the beginning or anew. When used in reference to prostate cancer (or any other cancer), it refers to the first occurrence of cancer in the body.
De novo mutation, an alteration in a gene that is present for the first time in one family member as a result of a mutation in a germ cell (egg or sperm) of one of the parents or in the fertilized egg itself. De novo transcriptome assembly, the method of creating a transcriptome without a reference genome.