Parathyroid+Researcher+1

Edon LULANAJ

**The parathyroids location is inside the neck on the thyroids.(front and back)** **The parathyroid gland, simply controls the suplly of calcium to the entire body** **we have four of them, one is under the voice box, and two above the trachea.**

**The parathyroid hormone is the most important endocrine regulator of calcium and phosphorus concentration in extracellular fluid.** **The parathyroid hormone stimulates the following functions** ***release of calcium by bones into the bloodstream.** ***absorption of food by the intestines** ***conversation of calcium by the kidneys.**

__ **way it can go** __ **A parathyroid biopsy most often is performed as part of surgical procedure to examine** **and/or remove the parathyroid glands because of disease. The parathyroid glands may** **be removed because of conditions such as a tumor or increased blood calcium levels.** **The overall goal of this proposal is to generate an innovative and unique mouse model** **with a retroviral receptor stably expressed on the surface of parathyroid cells.**