Is Progeria a genetic disease or is it just a disease caused by bacteria, virus, etc.
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2006-12-12 05:23:39 · 6 answers · asked by aslanbeliever 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
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". Because the "accelerated aging" diseases display different aspects of aging, but never every aspect, they are often called segmental progerias by biogerontologists.
Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria syndrome is an extremely rare genetic condition which causes physical changes that resemble greatly accelerated aging in sufferers. The disease affects between 1 in 4 million (estimated actual) and 1 in 8 million (reported) newborns. Currently, there are approximately 40-45 known cases in the world. There is no known cure. Most people with progeria die around 13 years of age. Progeria is of interest to scientists because the disease may reveal clues about factors involved in the process of aging. Unlike most other "accelerated aging diseases" (such as Werner's syndrome, Cockayne's syndrome or xeroderma pigmentosum), progeria is not caused by defective DNA repair.
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2006-12-12 05:30:53 · answer #1 · answered by Georgie 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Progeria is a genetic disease. There is no involvement with bacteria or viruses.
2006-12-12 13:25:59 · answer #2 · answered by holey moley 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
IT IS GENETIC I FEEL SO BAD FOR THOSE KIDS,IT IS SUCH A TERRIBLE DISEASE.
2006-12-12 13:28:16 · answer #3 · answered by ♥♥ lou lou ♥♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
genetic
2006-12-12 13:27:04 · answer #4 · answered by kirsten j 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
genetic.
I think last year they found the gene that causes it.
2006-12-12 13:25:00 · answer #5 · answered by christigmc 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you will find here some answers:
http://www.progeriaresearch.org/
http://www.hgps.net/
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001657.htm
http://www.genome.gov/11007255
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2006-12-12 13:27:33 · answer #6 · answered by Josephine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋