How to Use progeria in a Sentence

progeria

noun

• Within a few weeks, the progression of symptoms in the mice with progeria began to slow down.
  — Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, 29 July 2019
• The species was more common in centenarians, and low in mice with progeria.
  — Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, 29 July 2019
• In the testing, scientists used SATI to correct the gene that is responsible for progeria in mice.
  — Fox News, 29 Aug. 2019
• Gordon had never heard of progeria when Sam, her only child, was diagnosed with it at 22 months.
  — Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2018
• Adalia was a champion for children and teenagers with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria.
  — Laken Brooks, Forbes, 1 Feb. 2022
• Most children with progeria die of hardening of the arteries, a common killer of the elderly, at an average age of just 14.
  — Jonathan Saltzman — Boston Globe, STAT, 25 Feb. 2020
• That’s according to small, preliminary study in 27 kids with progeria.
  — Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2018
• Viera deals with progeria syndrome, has served as inspiration.
  — Alex Putterman, ajc, 9 Sep. 2017
• With only 400 progeria patients worldwide, there aren’t enough of them for traditional trials — and the disease is so deadly that to give them a placebo is viewed as unethical.
  — Eric Boodman, STAT, 17 July 2021
• Average life expectancy for progeria children is about 14 years.
  — Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2018
• Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome is a fatal disease.
  — Korin Miller, Health.com, 14 Jan. 2022
• The prognosis was inauspicious: Children with progeria die on average at 13.
  — David Hernandez, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 Jan. 2018
• The film suggests that the movie industry’s maturity imposed on him a premature senescence, that the norms of the profession entailed an artistic progeria which Hong ultimately resisted by making the drastic decision to shift to self-production.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 24 May 2021
• Viera suffers from progeria, a disorder that accelerates children’s aging.
  — Alex Putterman, ajc, 9 Sep. 2017
• Courtney Arciaga died of complications associated with progeria on Dec. 31.
  — David Hernandez, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 Jan. 2018

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024