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Nature 452, 39 (6 March 2008) | doi:10.1038/452039a; Published online 5 March 2008
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Ageing: Rushed decisions
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People who have Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS), such as the two-year-old girl pictured, grow old before their time. This distressing condition of premature ageing is a rare but fatal genetic disorder, which is caused by the continuous production of progerin, an abnormal form of the nuclear protein lamin A.
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