>The hGh given to these children is genetically engineered growth hormone.
>While the suggestion in this article is contaminated cadavers, I would like
>to mention that genetic engineering has the risk of creating new pathogens.

Originally, children who were growth hormone deficient were given human
growth hormone harvested from human cadavers (some of which were now known
to have been from people who died of Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease).  In the mid
1980s, research scientists figured out how to manufacture human growth
hormone in the laboratory.  I do not believe it is from genetically
engineered living creatures of any kind.

Kathy Dettwyler

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