Rare disease ages children eight times faster | 60 Minutes Australia

Progeria is a rare ageing disease that sees kids struck down by the same illnesses that cripple their grandparents. Most of them don't live long enough to become teenagers but thanks to a medical breakthrough, the Progeria kids might stand a fighting chance.

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