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URSY.NEWS / The Conversation / 14 Oct 2026

A drug can make children with the most common form of dwarfism taller – but height isn’t the same as a better life

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Treatment for achondroplasia raises a difficult question: should children’s bodies change to overcome barriers that society could remove?

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