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Growth hormones were first synthesized in the 1930s. They came about as a solution to children who were born with deficiencies in their calcium and at a bone marrow level. In order to balance out their system, they were introduced to growth hormones, with the hopes that their calcium would harden and their bone marrow would be plentiful .

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