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Thyroid hormone is active when the embryo is still in the womb, where it plays a crucial part in helping each of the millions of cells in our bodies to become more specialized. It is this process, known as differentiation, that turns tadpoles into frogs and a human embryo to develop from a tiny cluster of cells into a fully grown baby.

At the other end of life, the thyroid is thought to play an equally important role in the control of ageing.