Progeria has a reported incidence of about 1 in 4 – 8 million newborns. It affects both sexes equally and all races. In the past 15 years, children with. Researchers have developed a stem cell treatment that significantly slows down ageing and increases life span in mice with progeria, a rare genetic disease causing advanced [...]
January 30th, 2012 | Posted in Progeria | No Comments
Ontlametse Phalatse, a 12-year-old South African kid, continues to suffer from a rare health condition progeria, which is making her different from the same aged peer. "I call myself a first lady because I'm the first black child 30 fund-raiser put on by Team Carly-Q to benefit the Progeria Research Foundation. Carly Kudzia of Whitehouse [...]
September 10th, 2011 | Posted in Progeria | No Comments