The disease stems from a mutation in the LMNA (lamin A) gene, which produces a protein that helps to keep cells healthy. To ...

Two of the best characterized progeroid syndromes are Werner syndrome and Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS). The genes targeted for mutation in these diseases (WRN and LMNA ...

A new University of Maryland-led discovery could spur the development of new and improved treatments for Hutchinson-Gilford ...

Angiopoietin-2: A breakthrough protein could rescue lives in patients with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS).

Beyond progeria, insights gained from this research ... HGPS is a rare premature aging disorder in children caused by a point mutation in the lamin A gene, LMNA, which in its normal form produces ...

The mutation causes every cell in the body to malfunction. There are currently only 130 cases of progeria recognised worldwide, of which four in Italy. However, this number is underestimated as ...

The disease stems from a mutation in the LMNA(lamin A) gene, which produces a protein that helps to keep cells healthy. To better understand how progeria causes cardiovascular complications ...

The disease stems from a mutation in the LMNA (lamin A) gene, which produces a protein that helps to keep cells healthy. To better understand how progeria causes cardiovascular complications, the ...

The diagnosis of progeria, premature ageing, came when he was two. The cause was a mutation in a single gene, which led to a build-up of a toxic protein in the nucleii of cells. There was nothing ...

The disease stems from a mutation in the LMNA (lamin A) gene, which produces a protein that helps to keep cells healthy. To better understand how progeria causes cardiovascular complications ...

By Trip Gabriel Sammy Basso, an advocate for research into progeria, an ultrarare fatal disease that causes rapid aging in children, who was known for living with gusto and humor with the ...