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New Hope Discovered For Children Whose Soft Tissues Slowly Turn to Bone


An ultra-rare disorder that causes muscle, tendons, and ligaments to irreversibly turn to bone, slowly forming a 'second skeleton' on top of the first, could soon be treatable at an earlier age than ever before.

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