Could growth hormones theoretically be administered to any infant of normal height to make them taller than average? Why or why not?

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Could growth hormones theoretically be administered to any infant of normal height to make them taller than average? Why or why not?

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Never going to be studied in a controlled trial as it would be giving experimental drugs to healthy infants. 

There’s little evidence that growth hormone amounts on their own do much once at a level one needs to grow. Children have a natural healthy range of 10-50 ng/ml, five times. 

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