Most children with progeria die from heart disease between the ages of 8 and 21. The Progeria Research Foundation has more on progeria. Progeria: First black child with rare aging disease 14 photos ...

Children with progeria have small fragile bodies and can weigh just a third of a typical child their age. "This is a fantastic first step," says Leslie Gordon, ...

The early lab study used cells from a child with progeria and showed improvements in cell survival, reduced oxidative stress, ...

Progeria: Premature Aging in Children By Robert Daigneault • Published August 28, 2008 • Updated on October 6, 2008 at 6:05 pm • Published August 28, 2008 • Updated on October 6, 2008 at 6 ...

In the spring of 2005, families affected by progeria welcomed the news from two studies that uncovered new information about this rare, devastating condition that causes premature aging in children.

Results of the first-ever clinical drug trial for children with Progeria, a rare, fatal "rapid-aging" disease, demonstrate the efficacy of a farnesyltransferase inhibitor (FTI), a drug originally ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The elfin child with the big personality and bright smile calls herself “the first lady” and dreams of the future. But doctors say 12-year-old Ontlametse Phala… ...

Children with progeria look remarkably similar, despite different ethnic backgrounds: small and bald with oversize heads, eyes that bulge a bit, gnarled hands.

Children with Progeria produce an abnormal lamin A protein called progerin, which accumulates in the nucleus of cells, causing a failure to thrive, scleroderma‐like skin, ...

Progeria: First black child with rare aging disease 14 photos. Researchers discovered the culprit gene mutation in 2003 thanks to the Human Genome Product, ...

Progeria disease is an extremely rare and fatal genetic disorder which causes children to age eight to 10 times the normal rate. But a new study, published in Science Translational Medicine, may ...

A drug first developed for cancer has shown promise as a treatment for progeria, a rare and fatal rapid-aging disease in children, and it may have implications in treating cardiovascular problems ...