ossification

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The condition, called heterotopic ossification, occurs when an area of the body is signaled to grow bone rather than other tissues.
這種情況，被稱為異位骨化，是由于身體的某塊區(qū)域發(fā)出長骨頭的信號，而不是生長其他組織。
Every community is exposed to two opposite dangers: ossification through too much discipline and reverence for tradition, on the one hand;
每個社會都面臨兩種相反的危險：一種是過多教條和對傳統(tǒng)的敬畏導(dǎo)致的僵化；
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Though there's no way to prevent or know when a person will develop heterotopic ossification, scientists now have a starting point to develop drugs that could help treat the problem.
盡管現(xiàn)在沒有辦法來防止或者知曉一個人是否將會患有異位骨化，但是科學(xué)家現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)開始開發(fā)一種藥物來幫助治療這種頑疾。

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骨化
As we know, Bone growth factors play important roles in ectopic ossification.
在異位骨化中，能夠引起細(xì)胞增殖、分化與基質(zhì)合成的骨生長因子起重要作用。
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