Recently, scientists have come to know the real reason for the delay in the growth of human height and appearance like an adult at young ages. A team of international scientists has discovered the answer to what is the reason for the delay in human growth and appearance like an adult at young ages.
According to the research, a special type of receptor present in the human brain is responsible for delaying growth as well as look adult appearances at small ages. This receptor controls those hormones in humans that play an important role in body height and sexual maturity.
To find out the actual causes of the delayed growth or adult in young ages, combined efforts have been made by the scientist of Cambridge University, Queen Mary University of London, Bristol University, the University of Michigan, and Vanderbilt University.
Researchers say the melanocortin-3 receptor (MC3R) was found in the hypothalamic neurons part of the brain. This controls the height and sexual maturity. When this receptor does not work properly, then the height of the person does not increase properly and people remain short in height. Also, they are becoming adults late in their age. The team of international researchers involved 5 lakh people in the research. They were examined. The investigation revealed that out of thousands of people who had a change in the MC3R gene, 812 women were also involved.
According to researcher Sir Stephen O-Rhiley of Cambridge University, the brain determines the height and sexual development of a person based on the nutrients that reach the body and the receptor. The results of the research will prove to be effective for those children in whom the height grows very late. Researchers believe the results of the research will prove beneficial for humans in many ways. This will give hope and in the future, such medicines can be prepared that will help this receptor to work better so that the length of the person does not stop and the person can become young with time.
According to researchers, the average height of men in the US and UK is 5 feet 9 inches. At the same time, the average height of women in the UK is 5 feet 3 inches. The average height of American women is slightly higher than that of the UK. Here this figure is 5 feet 4 inches.
