How body size is regulated

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Thu, 05/08/2008 - 23:00

(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Scientists are beginning to unravel the question why people distinctly vary in size.

In cooperation with scientists of the HelmholtzZentrum München, an international genome-wide study has discovered ten new genes that influence body height and thus provides new insights into biological pathways that are important for human growth.

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