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Progeria: the ageing disease

By Gardy Chacha

Progeria is an extremely rare genetic disease of childhood characterised by dramatic, premature ageing. The condition, which derives its name from “geras”, the Greek word for old age, is estimated to affect one in every four million newborns worldwide.

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