Progeria

Progeria narrowly refers to Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria syndrome, but the term is also used more generally to describe any of the so-called "accelerated aging" diseases.
The word progeria is derived from the Greek for "prematurely old".
Dr Joe Ridley was a geneticist researching the causes and possible cures for Progeria and the aging process in general ( "Young at Heart").
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