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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: thedoc on 19/09/2013 22:30:31

Title: Can dwarfism be treated?
Post by: thedoc on 19/09/2013 22:30:31

A decoy molecule that blocks the growth-arresting process that leads to dwarfism has been developed by French researchers.

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Post by: Ab on 03/01/2015 21:42:14

Rather misleading in the comment 'sufferers inherit a mutation' more than 80% of people with achondroplasia have a brand new sporadic mutation of the gene and nothing at all is inherited.