A new study has shed rare light on the cause of a condition dubbed "dripping candle wax" bone disease, linking it to a genetic mutation. Formally known as melorheostosis, the genetic condition is ...

The mystery behind the ‘dripping candle wax’ bone disease has been cracked in an ‘exciting’ study. Scientists found the genetic mutations behind the rare disorder, known as melorheostosis, only occur ...

(CN) - Working with 15 adults whose bones appear in X-rays to be melting like wax candles, National Institutes of Health researchers reported Wednesday that there is a genetic basis for the rare ...