Children seem to grow and change so quickly. One moment, they are learning to crawl, and before you realize it, they are ...

Animal growth and development is a multifaceted process that spans from the prenatal phase—where rapid cellular proliferation, differentiation and morphogenesis occur—to postnatal expansion, which ...

Growth plates are areas of cartilage found at the ends of long bones. They play a role in the bone growth of children and teens. An injury to a growth plate can affect the development of a bone. While ...

In hypothyroidism, the thyroid gland is underactive and does not produce enough thyroid hormone. Thyroid hormone controls how the body uses energy and is essential for children’s growth and ...

Jessica D. Ayers does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Human growth hormone is important in many aspects of growth and development. For children living with growth hormone deficiency, it can involve more than just physical growth differences. Cognitive ...

The Hippo signaling pathway, a genetic program thought to play a central role in organ development, does not lead to normal organ growth in flies and mice, according to a new study “Hippo signaling ...