For patients with a rare genetic disorder that turns their muscles into bone, there is new hope. The disease is […] ...

Natasha has fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), also known as stone man's disease — a very rare type of genetic disorder that causes muscle and connective tissue to slowly turn to bone.

1 Centro Hospitalar de Entre o Douro e Vouga – Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Department – Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal 2 Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine – Portugal Myositis ossificans ...

Taylor suffers from fibrodysplasia ossificans progressive, a genetic disorder in which muscle and connective tissue are gradually replaced by bone. The other children were Blake Baker, 8 ...

Natasha was diagnosed with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), a condition that causes muscle and connective tissue to turn to bone. The trip was sponsored by Aurora Health Care ...