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  • #506971
    Blight
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      2014 is looking to be an amazing year! 😀

      http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/nmeth.2840.html

      #908655
      twindragonsmum
      Participant

        Flag this one? Hacked?

        tdm

        #908656
        John
        Keymaster

          FOP? Is that fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva? It looks like you have to pay to read the article that you linked to.

          #908657
          Kim
          Participant

            Yeah that’s kind of an odd post. Must be spam or something.

            Looking for rainbow or pink & teal grab bags!

            #908659
            Blight
            Participant

              Hacked? How so?

              #908660
              Blight
              Participant

                Yeah, thats right 🙂

                Odd; what did you click? Its a public article, I didn’t get any requests to sign in.

                #908662
                pony-up
                Participant

                  I was able to read it, however, I have no idea what I just read! lol

                  #908663
                  Blight
                  Participant

                    In a nutshell, scientists have figured out how to home in on a particular griup of cells & be able to reverse the mutation without aggravating anything else in the process.

                    #908664
                    Kim
                    Participant

                      It says in order to read the full article that you need to subscribe for $199 or purchase the article for $32 so what is it about then that you thought to post it on here?

                      Looking for rainbow or pink & teal grab bags!

                      #908665
                      Blight
                      Participant

                        The paraphrased synopsis at the top says it all, thankfully!

                        Leaps and bounds in research! Its fantastic news!

                        #908698
                        Rachel
                        Participant

                          I remember when they figured out exactly what caused FOP (I was just finishing up graduate school with a thesis related to bone-forming cells). What a strange and debilitating disease. I certainly hope they figure out how to stop it. It might be hard to reverse damage once it’s done, but even moderate progress is definitely a step in the right direction!

                          #908701
                          Blight
                          Participant

                            You did a thesis? That’s cool! Didn’t know my condition had reached that stage of publicity 🙂 More students know about it than doctors do.

                            #908702
                            Rachel
                            Participant

                              I didn’t do a thesis on the disease, alas. But I heard a lot about it from colleagues when I went to conferences and whatnot.

                              #908706
                              Blight
                              Participant

                                That’s okay!

                                How did your study/grades go, by the way?

                                #908707
                                Rachel
                                Participant

                                  Well, they let me out of there with a PhD, so probably not too badly. 😉 It’s been a while, though, so all I can say is that I’m done done done with school! Actually, there were some things I really enjoyed about it, but being a grad student, overall, wasn’t fun.

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