Fred Kaplan Quotes

Even if the answer to FOP is only for FOP, it wouldn't in any way dissuade me from working on it... I would hope we can make a difference for these kids (and find) medications, treatment or therapy that would enable them to prevent a joint from turning into bone or restore movement to some joint already frozen.

- Fred Kaplan

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That can send the condition into a wild state of flare-up. - Fred Kaplan

Even if the answer to FOP is only for FOP, it wouldn't in any way dissuade me from working on it... I would hope we can make a difference for these kids (and find) medications, treatment or therapy that would enable them to prevent a joint from turning into bone or restore movement to some joint already frozen. - Fred Kaplan

[Several proteins have been identified as vital for bone growth, including one called BMP4.] We know BMP4 is one of the terrorist agents that triggers new bone formation... We're working on therapies to limit the production of BMP4 in people who have FOP. - Fred Kaplan