Scientists find out why living things are the size they are -- and none other

Wednesday, April 7, 2010 - 20:56 in Biology & Nature

If you consider yourself to be too short or too tall, things are looking up, or down, depending on your vertical disposition. New research published online in The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org) explains how we grow, how our bodies maintain correct proportions, and offers insight into what goes wrong with growth disorders and unregulated cell growth in cancer.

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