additional funding provided by: genzyme, a sanofi company.nd by sonosite. >> mcfarland: testosterone is referred to as the sex hormone of the male body and is produced in the endocrine system, which is the system of hormone-producing glands and organs. hormones have a fascinating mission in the body. they act as message carriers from one organ to another. because of this, they help control the operation of many important functions of the body. the human body is a miraculous machine. on the more physical side, it's made up of millions of moving parts, large and small. on a cellular level, things become microscopic, chemical. this is the world of the human hormone. >> a hormone is a chemical that is made in an organ, an endocrine organ, and that hormone, that chemical, is secreted into the bloodstream. >> mcfarland: here at the johns hopkins university school of medicine, dr. adrian dobs is professor of medicine and oncology. >> the kind of hormones that people are most familiar with, here's an example, is a thyroid hormone. thyroid hormone is