New Drug Hope for 'Aging' Kids - ScienceNOW
30 Junho 2011
A drug approved to treat cancer and prevent the rejection of transplanted organs may also help children with progeria—a disease that resembles accelerated aging and typically kills those afflicted by their teens—according to a new study. The drug's effects on cells from these children is so striking, and the condition so devastating, that physicians and scientists are debating whether to proceed immediately with a clinical trial. Read more:New Drug Hope for 'Aging' Kids - ScienceNOW