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Their flesh turns to bone, but a new treatment might help them
This creates a second “skeleton” of extra bone, which makes movement impossible. There is no ethnic, racial, gender or geographic predilection for FOP and children who have the condition ...
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Rare Bone Disease Traced To Faulty FOP Gene
The genetic twist that leads to FOP, is relevant to every condition that affects the formation of bone and every condition that affects the formation of the skeleton,' said Dr. Frederick Kaplan ...
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Stone Man Syndrome Is A Rare Disease That Turns Muscles Into Bones
FOP is caused by a mutation in a gene known as ACVR1, which is involved in a cellular process that regulates the skeleton's development in the womb and repairs the skeleton throughout life.