Tag: Progeria
"Benjamin Button Syndrome": 46-year-old suffers from progeria – others with her disease often die in their teens
It is an incurable genetic disease that Tiffany Wedekind from the USA lives with: progeria. The life expectancy of people with “Benjamin Button Syndrome” is typically around the early 20s.…
Progeria patient: Her body ages five to ten times faster than others
Rare genetic defect World’s oldest progeria patient: Her body ages five to ten times faster than others At 58, Heidrun Heuer is currently the oldest progeria patient in the world…