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Premature Ageing

ssr at planet.net ssr at planet.net
Wed Mar 13 06:39:50 EST 1996


In <4i13j9$go6 at bisance.citi2.fr>, truman at citi2.fr (J-P Truman) writes:
>I am an immunologist by profession, so I'm not an expert on ageing. 
>However, recently I heard about children who were prematurely aged. 
>This was on TV, so I don't have any scientific facts on this. Do any of 
>you know more about this, and it's mechanisms and causes ?
>
>Thank you in advance.
>
>J-P.
>

There are distinct medical conditions notably progeria, accompanied by 
accelerated development of stigmata of aging.  These may be reviewed 
on MEDLINE, in pediatric texts.

BTW, do you work with macrophages?

Steve




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