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Barbara Walters' Progeria Special: Young Girls Living With Progeria - ABC News

abcnews.go.com — “In 7 Going On 70: A Barbara Walters Special on 20/20, Barbara Walters reports on Kaylee Halko and Lindsay Ratcliffe, two vibrant young girls who suffer from progeria, an extremely rare and fatal disease characterized by rapid aging in children. It occurs in 1 of every 4 to 8 million births around the world, according to the Progeria Research Foundation. Learn more about the girls and progeria.View full resource at abcnews.go.com

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Barbara Walters' Progeria Special: Young Girls Living With Progeria - ABC News

abcnews.go.com — “In 7 Going On 70: A Barbara Walters Special on 20/20, Barbara Walters reports on Kaylee Halko and Lindsay Ratcliffe, two vibrant young girls who suffer from progeria, an extremely rare and fatal disease characterized by rapid aging in children. It occurs in 1 of every 4 to 8 million births around the world, according to the Progeria Research Foundation. Learn more about the girls and progeria.View full resource at abcnews.go.com

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Heartbreak of Progeria: Living With Fatal, Rapid-Aging Disease: In 7 Going On 70: A Barbara Walters Special on 20/... http://bit.ly/axlgJs

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Progeria: New Hope for Rare Disease | Video - ABC News

abcnews.go.com — “Dr. Leslie B. Gordon, Medical Director of the Progeria Research Foundation.View full resource at abcnews.go.com

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Probing The Mechanics Behind Progeria

medicalnewstoday.com — “Researchers at MIT and Carnegie Mellon University are using both civil engineering and bioengineering approaches to study the behavior of a protein associated with progeria, a rare disorder in chiView full resource at medicalnewstoday.com

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Progeria Patients May Find Hope in New Drug - ABC News

abcnews.go.com — “Progeria disease is an extremely rare and fatal genetic disorder which causes children to age eight to 10 times the normal rate. But a new study, published in Science Translational Medicine, may give experts clues toward a cure for kids with the condition. Researchers found that a drug known as rapamycin, used as an antibiotic in organ transplant recipients, slowed and even stopped the disease progression within the cells.View full resource at abcnews.go.com

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Progeria Patients May Find Hope in New Drug - ABC News

abcnews.go.com — “Progeria disease is an extremely rare and fatal genetic disorder which causes children to age eight to 10 times the normal rate. But a new study, published in Science Translational Medicine, may give experts clues toward a cure for kids with the condition. Researchers found that a drug known as rapamycin, used as an antibiotic in organ transplant recipients, slowed and even stopped the disease progression within the cells.View full resource at abcnews.go.com

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Foundation News - Lymphoma Research Foundation

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Scientists Launch Vaccine Research Foundation

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Researchers: Everolimus may boost survival of children with progeria - Related Stories - AAP SmartBrief

smartbrief.com — “NIH researchers reported in Science Translational Medicine that the drug everolimus helped clear 50% of the toxic progerin -- a mutant of the protein Lamin A -- in the cells of children with a rapid-aging disorder called progerin, which could improve their life expectancy. Researchers said the data…View full resource at smartbrief.com

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Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation

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Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation

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