An organ transplant drug may offer hope for rare 'aging' disease in children. June 30, 2011— -- When Zoey Penny was only 4 weeks old, her parents noticed that the skin on her belly was hard to ...

Girls with a fatal, rapid-aging disease live each day to the fullest. Sept. 10, 2010— -- At times, Lindsay Ratcliffe is just like any other first grader, who loves ponies, Legos and running the ...

Imagine a scenario where your child looks years older than you. There are many strange conditions that a person may suffer from. These health disorders defy all logical medical explanations. One such ...

Last week, families of children and young adults with Progeria welcomed the news that we are one step closer to the first approved treatment for this ultra-rare, devastating condition that causes ...

Biomedical engineers at Duke University constructed an advanced disease model for blood vessels prompting insights into Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, according to a study published in Stem ...

Progeria, also known as ‘Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome’ or ‘Hutchinson–Gilford syndrome,’ literally means ‘prematurely old’. It was first described as early as 1886 and is defined by the ...

Biologists used induced plenipotent stem cell technology to discover a destructive cellular process in progeria, a rare genetic disorder that causes premature aging. Patients die in their teens of ...

A new breakthrough in a rare genetic disease which causes children to age rapidly has been discovered using 'longevity genes' found in people who live exceptionally long lives - over 100 years old.

JOHANNESBURG - 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 Phalatse has only, perhaps, ...

Biologists tend not to discuss experimental results on a handful of cells and a single solitary mouse — too preliminary, too sketchy. David Liu of the Broad Institute therefore had no plans to present ...

PROGERIA is a rare medical condition that affects children and is often referred to as Benjamin Button disease. The condition is extremely rare with fewer than 1,000 cases reported per year.