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Date: April 25, 2006 02:17AM

NEW YORK - Scientists have discovered a mutant gene that triggers the body to form a second, renegade skeleton, solving the mystery of a rare disease called FOP that imprisons children in bone for life.

Dr. Frederick Kaplan, an orthopedist, and his team at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine pinpointed the cause of FOP, or fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva.

The disease is believed to afflict only 2,500 people worldwide.

Anonymous Report This Comment
Date: April 25, 2006 03:02AM

that looks painful - XXGlasses.com

Anonymous Report This Comment
Date: April 25, 2006 11:03AM

wow... never heard of that affliction... guess not too many would know of it with only 2,500 cases...