Vol. 4, No. 5, 1968 Organization S e c t i o n . Abstracts Serum growth hormone concentration was determined both by the biological SF technique and by an immunological method employing paper chromatography. Non-diabetics, newly diagnosed untreated juvenile diabetics and patients with maturity-onset diabetes, as well as patients with long-term diabetes were studied in the fasting state and after a glucose load. I n the fasting state no difference was found between concentration of GI-I in newly diagnosed and long-term din- beties, employing both parameters. Using the SF technique significantly lower values were found in diabetics compared with non-diabetics. A correlation between blood glucose and SF values has been demonstrated. W i t h the immunological technique, no such correlation could be demonstrated. After glucose loading the immunological plasma GH response occurs earlier and is probably higher in untreated juvenile diabetics than in non-diabetics. M i n k o w s k i A w a r d 1 9 6 9 - - Prix M i n k o w s k i 1 9 6 9 - - M i n k o w s k i Preis 1 9 6 9 T h e European Association for the Study of Diabetes announces the 1969 Minkowski Award donated by Farbwerke Ho ech s t A.G. Nominations are requested and should be in the hands of the Secretary of the Association before J a n u a r y 15th, 1969. Nominations m a y only be...