Excellent news for us FOPers!

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February 10, 2014 at 12:47 am #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
February 10, 2014 at 2:14 am #908655
twindragonsmum
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Flag this one? Hacked?

tdm
February 10, 2014 at 2:32 am #908656
John
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FOP? Is that fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva? It looks like you have to pay to read the article that you linked to.
February 10, 2014 at 3:24 am #908657
Kim
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Yeah that’s kind of an odd post. Must be spam or something.

Looking for rainbow or pink & teal grab bags!
February 10, 2014 at 3:39 am #908659
Blight
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Hacked? How so?
February 10, 2014 at 3:40 am #908660
Blight
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Yeah, thats right 🙂

Odd; what did you click? Its a public article, I didn’t get any requests to sign in.
February 10, 2014 at 3:57 am #908662
pony-up
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I was able to read it, however, I have no idea what I just read! lol
February 10, 2014 at 4:03 am #908663
Blight
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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.
February 10, 2014 at 4:03 am #908664
Kim
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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!
February 10, 2014 at 4:17 am #908665
Blight
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The paraphrased synopsis at the top says it all, thankfully!

Leaps and bounds in research! Its fantastic news!
February 10, 2014 at 11:35 pm #908698
Rachel
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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!
February 11, 2014 at 1:13 am #908701
Blight
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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.
February 11, 2014 at 1:19 am #908702
Rachel
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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.
February 11, 2014 at 4:09 am #908706
Blight
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That’s okay!

How did your study/grades go, by the way?
February 11, 2014 at 4:19 am #908707
Rachel
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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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