"We love her little smile." A baby who was born with a rare form of dwarfism is now home after spending the first six months of her life in the hospital. Paisley Courson was born with a severe ...

Nearly four years ago, Ashequka Lacey was faced with a decision that would change her life completely. She was 20 weeks pregnant with her second child and was about to learn the baby's gender when the ...

Thanatophoric dysplasia (TD) is an intractable disease designated by Ministry of Welfare, Health and Labor (MWHL) of Japan, causing severe abnormalities of bones and the brain. The limb and rib bones ...

MOORHEAD — A fighter since day one, Esther Kuper is one of just a handful in the world with a condition called thanatophoric dysplasia, a severe skeletal disorder. Esther is also the daily bright spot ...

HONG KONG - Treatment with cholesterol-lowering statins has been shown to induce partial recovery of bone growth in mouse models of dwarfism, suggesting those agents could be useful for the medical ...

Esther Kuper from Moorhead was born a fighter. When her parents were 24 weeks into their pregnancy, they learned she had a condition called thanatophoric dysplasia, a rare and often fatal form of ...