article_snippet.sent: Progeria takes Progeria name from the Greek word 'proeros', meaning prematurely old.
article_snippet.sent: Progeria involves a mutant protein called progerin that accelerates physical ageing.
article_snippet.sent: A 10 year old progeria child will have the appearance of an octogenarian with symptoms including baldness, arthritis and heart problems, but the mind of a 10 year old.
article_snippet.sent: Progeria patients normally die from heart attacks or strokes at an average age of 13.
article_snippet.sent: Progeria patients normally die from heart attacks or strokes at an average age of 13.
article_snippet.sent: had a rare gene mutation called Hutchinson-Gilford progeria.
article_snippet.sent: it said sufferers wouldn't reach puberty and would eventually die from age-related disorders, usually before sufferers teens.'
highlights_snippet.sent: The disease ages the body - but not the mind - at eight times normal rate .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Gives sufferers the appearance of an octogenarian with symptoms including baldness, arthritis and heart problems .
  