Aging: Progeria and the Lamin Connection

The relationship between progerias — diseases that resemble premature aging — and the normal aging process has been a source of debate in the aging research community. A recent study finds that LMNA, a gene targeted for mutation in Hutchinson Gilford Progeria Syndrome, may control the onset of aging-associated decline in normal fibroblasts. The relationship between progerias — diseases that resemble premature aging — and the normal aging process...