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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There have been studies showing that children who are clinically short and who were given HGH grew up to 4” taller than a control group, but still remained shorter than average.
Gigantism is caused by a pituitary gland over-secreting growth hormone, so there is a correlation between growth hormone and height.
As far as giving an infant HGH, I imagine the child would grow up to be taller, especially if the doses were continued throughout its childhood and were of significant potency.
Of course, there haven’t really been studies on that since it’s not medically ethical to just shoot up babies with growth hormone to see what happens.
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