A 14-year old boy from Bihar is suffering from a rare genetic disorder that has left him with a body of a 110-year old man.
Progeria – Symptoms – Genetics – Diagnosis – Treatment - Prognosis
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His father, Nabi, currently earns just 2,000 per month and has been forced to take the help of a Kolkata-based charity called SB Devi Charity to meet his son’s medical expenses. Progeria is a rare genetic condition which causes the victim’s body to age eight times faster and children who are born with the condition do not live beyond their mid teens and early twenties. There are just 80 known sufferers of the condition around the world and there is no treatment that can reverse the process of aging.
Promising Treatment for Progeria on the Anvil
A new study has brought the possibility of a treatment for progeria closer to reality.
A new study has brought the possibility of a treatment for progeria closer to reality.
12- Year- Old South African Girl Battles Progeria , a Rare Premature Ageing Disease
Ontlametse Phalatse, from South Africa, is all of 12 years but looks like an old woman. She is suffering from a rare premature aging disease called Progeria.
Ontlametse Phalatse, from South Africa, is all of 12 years but looks like an old woman. She is suffering from a rare premature aging disease called Progeria.
Untargeted Basic Cell Research may Help Find Treatment for 'Untreatable' Progeria
Positive results from a clinical drug trial at Boston Children's Hospital for the previously untreatable rapid aging disorder in children known as progeria have been announced.
Positive results from a clinical drug trial at Boston Children's Hospital for the previously untreatable rapid aging disorder in children known as progeria have been announced.
