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• n  a rare abnormality marked by premature aging (grey hair and wrinkled skin and stooped posture) in a child

• People suffering from progeria grow old precociously too, but at a much faster rate; they are claimed by the infirmities of age in their 20s or teens.
• It all began in 1966 when Kushner's son Aaron was found to have progeria, a rare disease that drastically accelerates the aging process.
• Like progeria, A-T is what might be called a superorphaned disease.

News & Articles

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• Possible treatment for one of the main symptoms of premature aging disease
  Working with an animal model, scientists have discovered that a deficit in the production of pyrophosphate provokes excessive vascular calcification, one of the most important symptoms of the premature aging disease Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, also known as progeria. Excess calcium in the arterial wall is also a typical feature of physiological aging in the general population.
  June 18, 2013 - Science Daily
• CNIC researchers find a possible treatment for one of the main symptoms of premature aging disease
  Working with an animal model, the team of scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares have discovered that a deficit in the production of pyrophosphate provokes excessive vascular calcification, one of the most important symptoms of the premature aging disease Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, also known as progeria. Excess calcium in the arterial wall is also a ...
  June 17, 2013 - EurekAlert!

Quotes

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• Chip Foose in PR Newswire (press release)
  Our findings show that FTIs, originally developed for cancer, are capable of reversing the dramatic nuclear structure abnormalities that are the hallmark of cells from children with progeria. This is a stunning surprise, rather like finding out... Francis Collins http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Collins&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGXcv7iLOqtbgiq2BsCGM9u4XXOJg Science Daily (press release) http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/08/050830065132.htm&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGmE01xYvwCTB_mjPuW2iNzlo1FhQ Aug 30, 2005 77911 104931 progeria Keith Moore's story highlights the very personal joys and fears that family members of a loved one with Progeria experience on a day-to-day basis," says Chip Foose, famed car designer and host of TLC's 'Overhaulin'.
• Amitabh Bachchan in Times of India
  But the film is not about the disease,says Bachchan clearing the air, "It's about relationships. It just happens that the kid in the film suffers from progeria. We aren't creating awareness for the disease."