The tallest man ever recorded, Robert Wadlow, reached an unprecedented 8 feet 11.09 inches (2.72 m) in height and weighed 440 pounds at his death. His great size and his continued growth in adulthood were due to hypertrophy of his pituitary gland which results in an abnormally high level of human growth hormone. He showed no indication of an end to his growth even at the time of his death. Do you think this could be induced artificially?
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Answer by spaceranger85
Doesn't the term fully grown imply that you cannot grow anymore?
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it can be induced, and Mr Wadlow died because of an enlarged heart that no longer pumped effectively, induce that kind of growth and you ultimately kill the person, the growth hormone makes everything grow larger. Not just bones and skin, but every organ you have, and any organ that gets larger than it was intended to be no longer functions correctly and will fail.
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