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Brenden Adams - Pics and video of Brenden Adams, the 7-foot tall 12-year old who just wants people to see him as just like everyone else.
Brenden Adams abnormal growth rate is due to an inversion in chromosome-12, a growth gene defect that skyrocketed his growth rate.
Normal-sized at birth, Brenden grew quickly - getting all his baby teeth by four months and growing as tall as an 8-year old by the time he was 4.
"This gene is functioning despite the regulation that it shouldn't be," said Dr. Gad Kletter, Brenden's endocrinologist at Swedish Hospitalin Seattle. "It's over-functioning. He was predicted to be over eight foot tall."
Kletter finally figured out how to stop Brenden Adam's hyperactive growth gene - by inducing puberty.
"We induced puberty," explained Kletter about the weekly shots of testosterone, "to fuse the bones and stop the growth."
Brenden Adams abnormal growth rate is due to an inversion in chromosome-12, a growth gene defect that skyrocketed his growth rate.
Normal-sized at birth, Brenden grew quickly - getting all his baby teeth by four months and growing as tall as an 8-year old by the time he was 4.
"This gene is functioning despite the regulation that it shouldn't be," said Dr. Gad Kletter, Brenden's endocrinologist at Swedish Hospitalin Seattle. "It's over-functioning. He was predicted to be over eight foot tall."
Kletter finally figured out how to stop Brenden Adam's hyperactive growth gene - by inducing puberty.
"We induced puberty," explained Kletter about the weekly shots of testosterone, "to fuse the bones and stop the growth."
