Medical Mysteries – Growing “Second Skeletons”
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Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (also referred to as the ‘second skeleton’ or FOP) is an extremely rare medical condition that shows documented cases as far back as the 17th century. Physicians are still stumped as to how soft tissue has the ability to transform into bone.
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Source: Unexplainable.net
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February 4th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
You might want to update your article on FOP a bit- While doctors
Kaplan and Shore (and team) have by no means solved the problem,
they now have a much-improved target at which to shoot. See
http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/news.....ne-growth/.
There’s still alot of work to do and a number of challenges remain!
-steve