Rare disease turns 3-year-old’s muscles to bone

[kareface]

The boy whose muscles are turning to bone - TODAY Health

Josh has an extremely rare genetic condition called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, or FOP. There are only about 700 confirmed cases worldwide — about one in every 2 million births. The condition, which causes bone to form from soft tissue, ultimately confines its victims to permanent immobility before taking their lives, usually by the victims’ 40s.

“Every little bump, every surgery leads to this change in the tissue where it really becomes bone,” Dr. Nancy Snyderman, NBC’s chief medical editor, told TODAY’s Ann Curry as Josh snuggled against his mom in the show’s New York studio. “The concern is that your body can become frozen with bone.”

That's nuts...

[Abandon]

Whoa.

[Seraph]

There are only about 700 confirmed cases worldwide — about one in every 2 million births.

This just in, world population drops to approximately 1.4 Billion people overnight. Details at Eleven...

Also:

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[BerenTebogo]

Clearly he's superman

[Byrthnoth]

This just in, world population drops to approximately 1.4 Billion people overnight. Details at Eleven...

Also:

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/126/30579379.png

This just in, 100% confirmation rate.

[Seraph]

This just in, 100% confirmation rate.

Spoiler: show

That's the point. Pretty sad when you can only confirm less than 20% of the world's cases of people turning into living rocks. Either that, or their estimation numbers are way off...

[Olo401]

Also:

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/126/30579379.png

Oho!

http://images.blu-ray.com/reviews/333_5.jpg

[Shenrien]

reminds me of some FMA shit >.> except instead of them turning to stone they turn to bone.

[Mizango]

reminds me of some FMA shit >.> except instead of them turning to stone they turn to bone.

Fuck yeah.

[Xno Kappa]

Was thinking of that one Naruto guy with the actual bone creating powers.

[zoobernut]

This just in, world population drops to approximately 1.4 Billion people overnight. Details at Eleven...

Also:

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/126/30579379.png

My only regret.... I forgot... to cure..... my.......... boneitis.

[Tyche]

Discussed this is an A&P class on Tuesday. In one case, surgeons went in to remove a bone that had formed from soft tissue repair, and bone formed again when the skin repaired itself from the incision made from the surgeons. Crazy shit. It's pretty much the calcification of tissue.

[dudeguy]

Just one evolution away from the his final form

http://www.rubinville.com/dailydave/...ing-774001.jpg

[Nightfyre]

Boned.

[Mizango]

Just one evolution away from the his final form

loool

*Kid uses harden!

[bechyni]

Guess he'll have a true "boner"

[Rem]

loool

*Kid uses harden!

The Ultimate Shield!

[Unlikelyhero]

We need to harness this power and turn it into a government weapon.

[Pirian]

Just one evolution away from the his final form

http://www.rubinville.com/dailydave/...ing-774001.jpg

loool

*Kid uses harden!

No no you guys are thinking about

http://cdn-www.cracked.com/articleim...harlequin2.jpg

[Demosthenes11]

i hope he doesnt play basketball - i hate guarding boney ass kids