[Pharmboy]

This is what these poor souls with progeria look like. At least they will contribute to furthering medical science's understanding of the aging process.

[Thebaddog]

Life is the ultimate poem, IMO. How could you ever change the ending?

[Lance Romance]

E.T. Phone Home.

[joshhiggins]

I wonder if they have determined if Lamin A decreases or changes with age? If it does they may be really on to something. If not they just identified a specific disease process for a rare disorder. I would think they would be rushing to answer this question, rather than looking at cancer.

[neverdem]

bump for later

[arnoldpalmerfan]

The pictures of those poor souls nearly brings tears to one's eyes.

[Randy Papadoo]

If the average lifespan was 700 years, think about where you'd sit down.

Seriously, the progeria research seems just terrific. Those poor victims are basically youngsters or youths who never had the opportunity to gain the wisdom that their countenances seem to dislay.

We have too many of these uncurable kinds of diseases and disorders as it is, so Godspeed to the dedicated researchers who work to solve these tragic health matters.

And God bless the victims. May they all be helped.