Drake Taylor, a 14-year-old primordial dwarf from Dunlap, IL, is pictured on September 4, 2008, with Gary Steinberg, MD, PhD, neurosurgeon at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford.

Dunlap 14-year-old Drake Taylor is one of fewer than 200 people in the world with Majewski osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II. Fully grown at 39 inches tall and 39 pounds, Taylor now ...

Drake Taylor is one of fewer than 200 people in the world with Majewski osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II. Fully grown at 39 inches tall and 39 pounds, Taylor, 14, now faces another ...

Loss of function of these proteins results in human disorders such as primary autosomal recessive microcephaly (MCPH) and Majewski osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism, type II (MOPDII), genetic ...

Three-year old Liam Smyth suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Majewski osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II (MOPD2) which means he will never 'grow up'.

Nick Smith, who stands 34-inches tall beside his 6-foot 5-inch brother Levi, has microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism, which has a short life expectancy. Barcroft Media via Getty ...

A new genetic link to dwarfism could shake up the anthropological world as well. Jan. 3, 2008 — -- In a discovery that could help boost understanding of a rare type of dwarfism, researchers ...

Smith has a rare form of dwarfism called Majewski osteodysplatic primordial dwarfism, or MOPD II. He has several health challenges, including brain aneurysms. Life expectancy is shorter for people ...

Finn Davidge-Hesketh, a four-year-old British girl, stars in a new Channel Five documentary about microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type 2 (MOPD II), a rare form of dwarfism that ...

Matthew Riddle III was born with a rare condition called microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type two or MOPDII. When baby Matthew makes a first impression, many assume he’s a newborn.

Three-year old Liam Smyth suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Majewski osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II (MOPD2) which means he will never 'grow up'. His parents are campaigning for ...