As a shark tooth and fossil hunting enthusiast, I often have people ask me why I find fossils so fascinating. To me, the answer is simple: I’m astounded by the fact that I can walk along the beach in ...

When Heather Povinelli was in teacher training while in college, there was a moment she believed her dwarfism would thwart her dream of becoming a teacher — a kindergartner grabbed her on the ...

Mat Myers, in his seventh season as the Bruins’ video coordinator, has always had to adapt. To leverage his size, though not in the conventional hockey sense of dealing out bodychecks or grinding in ...

Bone growth occurs through the proliferation of specialized cells of the cartilage tissue, known as chondrocytes, on either end of a bone. This process requires the synthesis of extracellular matrix ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

The FDA has delayed a decision on Ascendis Pharma’s dwarfism drug candidate TransCon CNP, pushing back the deadline by three months to buy time to review recently submitted information. Having ...

Nov 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday extended its review of Ascendis Pharma's (A71.F), opens new tab therapy for children with a rare genetic disorder that causes ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - We first introduced you to Jayln Seymore in 2008. As a young girl, she was diagnosed with a rare form of dwarfism, which impacts her both mentally and physically. Jayln was ...

You might see Sam Reck setting up in-game events, lining up halftime performers or even playing the drums during timeouts at Little Caesars arena. And although he is only 4-foot 6, the organization's ...

“It didn’t get crazy until he hit puberty when he was 12, 13, and he was already over 6 feet and still growing two and three inches every year,” Gabriel Yates' mom says Susan Young is a reporter. She ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. “Our access to our government systems was severed, so we were basically in the dark ...

Wheat is one of the world's most important staple foods, especially in the form of bread. A joint study by the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich (LSB) ...