Somewhere in a corporate office at Health Net Inc. is someone who needs to meet Jack Zembsch. Jack is 4, he loves SpongeBob SquarePants, and he is going to die. One doctor in the country just ...

Born with metatropic dysplasia, a rare form of dwarfism, the 4-foot-tall Sullivan learned early on to make the first move and just start talking to people — one of her many powerful habits that ...

When the gene which codes for the TRPV4 protein is mutated, a range of different severe skeletal conditions can occur including lethal metatropic dysplasia, spondylometaphyseal dysplasia (dwarfism ...

The transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) cation channel, a member of the TRP vanilloid subfamily, is expressed in a broad range of tissues where it participates in the generation of ...

14-yo Jack Zembsch, born with rare metatropic displasia, in high-5 line as member of @calmenswim team. ... had ever successfully performed them on children with metatropic dysplasia.

The 26-year-old elementary school teacher is living with metatropic dysplasia, a rare form of dwarfism that, according to the National Institutes of Health, affects just under 100 people.

Farbstein has a rare form of dwarfism, Metatropic Dysplasia. He is one of only 100 reported cases. Even doctors have questions about the condition, so Farbstein is determined to find his own answers.