Accelerated aging in children: Promising treatment for progeria within reach

Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 14:30 in Health & Medicine

Pharmaceuticals that inhibit a specific enzyme may be useful in treating progeria, or accelerated aging in children. A new study indicates that the development of progeria in mice was inhibited upon reducing the production of this enzyme.

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