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Humatrope (somatotropin or somatropin) is a polypeptide hormone of recombinant DNA origin. Manufactured by Eli Lilly and Company, it is used to stimulate linear growth in pediatric patients who lack adequate normal human growth hormone.It has 191 amino acid residues and a molecular weight of 22,125 daltons.ts amino acid sequence is identical to that of human growth hormone of pituitary origin (anterior lobe). Humatrope is synthesized in a strain of E. coli modified by the addition of a gene for human growth hormone.
Humatrope is available in both vials, for use with a syringe and needle, and in cartridges, for use in Humatro Pen, an injection device. - Have idiopathic short stature, meaning that they are shorter than 98.8% of other children of the same age and sex. Also, they are not likely to reach normal adult height.