"Catch-up" Growth Signals Revealed

Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 17:30 in Health & Medicine

University of Michigan researchers have uncovered molecular signals that regulate catch-up growth---the growth spurt that occurs when normal conditions are restored after a fetus, young animal or child has been ill, under stress or deprived of enough food or oxygen to grow properly.

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