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- adjective Resembling
old age .
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Examples
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Erasmus Medical Center geneticists Jan Hoeijmaker and his colleagues examined DNA from a boy who suffered from XPF-progeroid syndrome, a condition that caused him to die of "old age" at just 15.
Boing Boing 2006
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One of the many debated topics in ageing research is whether progeroid syndromes are really accelerated forms of human ageing.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Christopher R. Burtner 2010
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In the research report, a team of Canadian scientists show that vitamin C stops and even reverses accelerated aging in a mouse model of Werner's syndrome, but the discovery may also be applicable to other progeroid syndromes.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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In that regard, progeroid syndromes, characterized by accelerated aging and increased risks of cancer, have been valuable models.
GEN News Highlights 2009
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Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, suggest that patients with atypical progeroid syndrome (APS) should not be lumped together with those diagnosed with two similar but more well-defined accelerated aging disorders called progeria and mandibuloacral dysplasia (MAD).
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