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Stone Man Syndrome Is A Rare Disease That Turns Muscles Into Bones
For patients with a rare genetic disorder that turns their muscles into bone, there is new hope. The disease is […] ...
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These Are The Five Rare Diseases You Did Not Know Existed
It is always good to know about diseases so you can read the signs your body is telling you. However, there exists many ...
Their flesh turns to bone, but a new treatment might help them
That is the predicament of patients with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) or “Stone Man Syndrome”, a rare ...
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Rare Bone Disease Traced To Faulty FOP Gene
The mystery surrounding a rare bone disease called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) has been resolved following the identification of a mutant gene linked to the disease. The mystery ...
‘I’m like a mannequin,’ says this rare disease patient
Also known colloquially as “Stone Man Syndrome”, FOP is a rare genetic disorder where, after birth and progressively through ...
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Landmark study completed for ultra-rare bone-forming disease
The symptoms can easily be mistaken ... for centuries the disease remained an enigmatic medical curiosity. FOP’s origins were eventually revealed in 2006. A team of scientists at the University ...
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Ipsen drug is first therapy for rare bone disease FOP in US
With FDA approval, Ipsen's marathon effort to bring palovarotene to market for the rare disease fibrodysplasia ... to patients with FOP was medicines to treat symptoms, including pain.