Stone Man Syndrome is a very rare condition in whi...  ...one tissue, even when that's not appropriate. The disease is so rare that even identifying it is difficult,...  ...ssificans progressiva (FOP). Learn more about the genetic disease

Embed from Getty Images Jill Viles was always sk...  ...ies that weren’t as severe, she suspected a genetic condition. She even found a name for it: Emery-Dr...  ...f-diagnosis. When Viles answered a call to join a genetic research study in Italy, she couldn’t even...  ...rther research led Viles to...

The most high-tech advances in genetic research are happening in the most unexpected pla...  ...orton, a specialist in pediatrics and biochemical genetics . Now the results were in, and Morton drove throug...  ...ocking, something that would shed light on a rare disease and ch...

Jeannie Peeper has a very rare and puzzling condit...  ...;unsurprising, given that it is one of the rarest diseases in the world. One in 2 million people have it.Pee...  ...using to her original skeleton. Bone by bone, the disease would lock her into stillness. The Mayo doctors d...  ...live to be a teenager.&r...

Most of us struggle to keep our weight down, but n...  ....]She is one of 3 people in the world with a rare disease that prevents her from gaining weight: Professor...