Patients with FOP, a grim genetic disease, see hope on the horizon

Patients with FOP, a grim genetic disease, see hope on the horizon

Their tissue turns to bone. Their joints freeze in place. And, finally, their hopes for treatment may be realized

By DAMIAN GARDE

ALICE PROUJANSKY FOR STAT

Patients with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, or FOP, grow immovable bone where it doesn’t belong, leaving them unable to walk, speak, or breathe.

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