Along with hypochondroplasia, it is also planning trials in other genetic forms of dwarfism and idiopathic short stature. The company has suggested that vosoritide’s mechanism of action ...

(Photo: CNA/Lim Li Ting) Ms Xu, whose height is 125cm, has hypochondroplasia, a form of short-limbed dwarfism. The genetic condition has been passed down to her two-year-old son, and she now ...

Dwarfism is caused by changes in bone and cartilage growth that result in short stature. Achondroplasia is the most common type of dwarfism. Typically, individuals with dwarfism reach an adult height ...