Science news articles about 'miniature adults'

... . "For this study we based our dose levels on previous adult studies of inhaled GH, but we found that children have different ... . This finding is an important one because it highlights that children are not miniature adults and need specially tailored therapies ...

... that adolescents are just as susceptible to overuse and traumatic joint/extremity injuries as adults. At the same time, they are not "miniature adults" and because their bodies are still ...

Treating fractures in children requires special knowledge of growth physiology. Incorrect treatment of bone fractures in child and adolescent patients is less often caused by technical deficiencies ...

Newly discovered legless amphibians live out their lives in underground burrows, tending their slimy pink young, which emerge from their eggs as miniature adults.