What is Osteoma Cutis?
Osteoma cutis is a rare disease when bone develops within the skin. There are some instances when this happens, many involving GNAS mutation.
Mighty Maximus
What Does the GNAS Gene Do?
The GNAS gene provides instructions for making one component, the stimulatory alpha subunit, of a protein complex called a guanine nucleotide-binding protein (G protein).
Here is Maximus’s Story.
Maximus was born with a rare genetic disorder, but it took months of pushing for doctor appointments, asking questions, and never letting him be forgotten about. This is Maximus’s story. Maximus was born 4 weeks early via c-section after failing a fetal stress test. He scored 2 out of 11. He was weighing in at…