ALT (or SGPT, which stands for serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase) is one of these enzymes. It's found in particularly large amounts in the liver and plays an important role in metabolism, the process that converts food into energy. Normally, ALT is found inside liver cells.
'All children, except one, grow up': Peter Pan is the book with the nation's favourite opening line. Peter Pan is the book with the nation's favourite opening line, according to a new poll. 'All children, except one, grow up,' wrote JM Barrie in his children's classic which scooped 20per cent of the vote in a poll commissioned to mark World Book Day next month.
When the temperature drops and tree branches are bare, there is only one thing that can cheer me up: Harry Potter. I started reading the books at ten years old (the same age as Harry at the beginning of the first book!), and quite literally grew up with the characters. At midnight on July 21st, 2007, I went to Borders Books (RIP), bought the final book in the series, drove straight home, and locked myself in the living room.