They don't become tall in the most common form of progeria, which is Hutchinson Gilford Syndrome. From Wordnik.com. [The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Frontpage] Reference
There currently are no treatments for progeria, which is estimated to affect about one child in 4 million. From Wordnik.com. [Phoenix Arizona Real Estate Local News and Business Directory] Reference
As newborns, children with progeria usually appear normal. From Wordnik.com. [Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome, Rare Genetic Condition, Accelerates Aging In Seven-Year-Old Ashanti Elliott-Smith (VIDEO)] Reference
If the Greys have progeria, can all Greys control their disease?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-04-01] Reference
Studying progeria as a potential model for regular aging is still a new field. From Wordnik.com. [New Clue in Heart Disease] Reference
Anti-Cancer drug reverses fatal cardiovascular damage linked to progeria | GroundReport. From Wordnik.com. [Anti-Cancer drug reverses fatal cardiovascular damage linked to progeria] Reference
There's a lingering suspicion that the AA might depict a human afflicted with progeria. From Wordnik.com. [Posthuman Blues] Reference
There are too many examples to cite, but I offer you one to stand for them all: progeria. From Wordnik.com. [Clay Farris Naff: Sims, Suffering and God: Matrix Theology and the Problem of Evil] Reference
Anti-Cancer drug reverses fatal cardiovascular damage linked to progeria by Jacob Cherian. From Wordnik.com. [Anti-Cancer drug reverses fatal cardiovascular damage linked to progeria] Reference
The description included a tantalizing reference to accelerated aging, consistent with progeria. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-04-01] Reference
To be sure, basic resemblances between progeria and the stereotypical "Gray" alien are clear enough. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-04-01] Reference
For a long time, scientists weren't even sure whether people without progeria actually made progerin. From Wordnik.com. [New Clue in Heart Disease] Reference
Even so, the 97-year-old still had significantly lower amounts of progerin than a child with progeria. From Wordnik.com. [New Clue in Heart Disease] Reference
Can this advanced medical technology help all the Greys control their progeria if they have this disease?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-04-01] Reference
It found that they contained progerin and that the cells looked similar to those of children with progeria. From Wordnik.com. [New Clue in Heart Disease] Reference
From an article documenting the similarities between progeria sufferers and the "Grays" of abduction infamy. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-04-01] Reference
They also studied autopsy tissue from 29 individuals without progeria, ranging in age from one month old to 97 years old. From Wordnik.com. [New Clue in Heart Disease] Reference
Premature aging, or Hutchison-Gilford progeria Syndrome progeria, is obvious in the appearance of a child before it is a year old. From Wordnik.com. [Less Efficient Cell Repair = Older Age | Impact Lab] Reference
He led a team that identified the genetic basis for Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, a rare disorder that causes premature aging. From Wordnik.com. [Collins to Leave Genome Institute] Reference
The symptoms of progeria seem to be exaggerated in the Greys . . ., suggesting that Greys have a much more severe form of the disease. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-04-01] Reference
Still, in the field of aging, the debate continues over whether progeria really represents an acceleration of the normal aging process. From Wordnik.com. [New Clue in Heart Disease] Reference
Barbara Walters returns to "20/20" (ABC at 10) for a report on progeria, the rapid aging disease that affects just 68 children worldwide. From Wordnik.com. [Friday, Sept. 10 TV highlights: 'Stand Up for Cancer' unites networks] Reference
I discovered progeria as a means to make this possible. From Wordnik.com. [The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Frontpage] Reference
A friend told me about progeria and put me on to a doctor. From Wordnik.com. [The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Frontpage] Reference
Relasing Dec 4, "Paa" features Amitabh as a progeria patient. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
You don't go out of your way to sensitise people about progeria. From Wordnik.com. [The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Frontpage] Reference
Nobody goes out of his way to dedicate a documentary to progeria. From Wordnik.com. [The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Frontpage] Reference
Dr. Stewart and colleagues had previously developed a mouse model for progeria. From Wordnik.com. [New insight into 'accelerated aging' disease] Reference
Whatever be the case, all progeria patients look exactly the way Amit ji is looking in the film. From Wordnik.com. [The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Frontpage] Reference
But let me be very clear here … I was not trying to make an exact replica of a progeria patient. From Wordnik.com. [The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Frontpage] Reference
Amitabh played Abhishek's son who suffers from progeria, a disease that accelerates the ageing process. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
Developmental Cell uses a mouse model to shed light on progeria, and perhaps also on the normal aging process. From Wordnik.com. [EurekAlert! - Breaking News] Reference
Bachchan said Balki made him go through medical journals and discuss the progeria syndrome with various doctors. From Wordnik.com. [Daily News & Analysis] Reference
Now that you tell me, it has., starring Robin Williams, was also about a progeria patient, a man in a boy's head. From Wordnik.com. [The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Frontpage] Reference
The workers wore the mask of Auro, a teenager afflicted with progeria, in the film 'Paa', played by Amitabh Bachchan. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
Balakrishnan's film stars Amitabh Bachchan as Abhishek's son Auro, who suffers from progeria that causes premature ageing. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
So I wrote the film as a father-son story and it just so happens that the son is suffering from an ailment called progeria. From Wordnik.com. [The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Frontpage] Reference
Big B too is promoting "Paa", in which he plays a 13-year-old suffering from the disease progeria that causes premature ageing. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
She is reportedly planning events to promote the film, which sees Amitabh playing a 12-year old boy with the aging disease progeria. From Wordnik.com. [All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News] Reference
In Paa, Amitabh will be seen as Auro, a 13-year-old suffering from progeria, a rare condition which causes premature ageing among children. From Wordnik.com. [Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views'] Reference
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