Showing posts with label skeleton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label skeleton. Show all posts
Thursday, June 13, 2019
Why Do Some Have A Spiky Growth On The Back Of The Skull? Why Are Our Elbows Getting Narrower?
How Modern Life Is Transforming The Human Skeleton by Zaria Gorvett. BBC. June 13, 2019.
Sunday, May 26, 2013
The Girl Who turned To Bone
The Mystery Of The Second Skeleton by Carl Zimmer. The Atlantic. June 2013.
(1) What is fibrodysplasia ossificans progressive (FOP)? Describe by symptom. Describe by genetics. Describe by how it progresses.
(2) A rare disease is defined as ___________________________________.
More than ___________ such diseases exist, affecting ______ million to ________ million.
(3) Most people with FOP are born with a _______________.
(4) A rare disease is a natural __________________.
(5) How could study of FOP affect future treatments for osteoporosis?
(6) What is Tangier disease and how could it lead to more effective treatment of heart disease?
(7) The NIH program, Therapeutics for Rare and Neglected Disease, collaborates with scientists to ________________________________________________.
(8) How has the FDA smoothed out the approval process for drugs for rare diseases?
(1) What is fibrodysplasia ossificans progressive (FOP)? Describe by symptom. Describe by genetics. Describe by how it progresses.
(2) A rare disease is defined as ___________________________________.
More than ___________ such diseases exist, affecting ______ million to ________ million.
(3) Most people with FOP are born with a _______________.
(4) A rare disease is a natural __________________.
(5) How could study of FOP affect future treatments for osteoporosis?
(6) What is Tangier disease and how could it lead to more effective treatment of heart disease?
(7) The NIH program, Therapeutics for Rare and Neglected Disease, collaborates with scientists to ________________________________________________.
(8) How has the FDA smoothed out the approval process for drugs for rare diseases?
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Child With No Skeleton Develops One With Enzyme-Replacement Drug Therapy
Child Without Bones Begins To Develop Skeletal Frame Thanks To Enzyme Therapy by Michelle Castillo. CBS News. April 23, 2013.
The child now has begun to dance as a result of enzyme-replacement drug therapy called asfotase alfa.
The child now has begun to dance as a result of enzyme-replacement drug therapy called asfotase alfa.
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