Medieval skeletons help reveal genetic causes of bone tumours

411 points by caringcandycane 21 hours ago on reddit | 8 comments

thebloodrozes | 20 hours ago

It’ll also give an insight into care in communities we have greater insight with leprosy/ hansens disease.

ModeatelyIndependant | 21 hours ago

I like how useful informatin can be gleamed from the bones, but these people deserve the respect of being being reburied after samples are taken and scans are made.

UselessFactCollector | 13 hours ago

Well, I'd post the enchondroma in my arm for the class, but no images here. I only have the one (found on a full body mri), and apparently many people just have these and they are never caught. They are only a problem if they are large enough to weaken the bone (they are benign) but endochondromas dont keep growing (I've been having scans to measure).

on4aa | 8 hours ago

EXT1 and EXT2 form a heterooligomeric complex that catalyzes the polymerization of heparan sulfate. This complex is an essential factor in a signal transduction cascade for regulation of chondrocyte differentiation, ossification, and apoptosis (summary by Heinritz et al., 2009).

https://omim.org/entry/608177?search=ext1&highlight=ext1