I-protagonist yale ngqungquthela ethokozisayo ibizwa USam Berns. Ngeshwa useshonile (cishe izinyanga ezintathu ngemuva kokubamba le ngqungquthela).
Kuyasivezela ifilosofi yakhe yokuphila olususelwa emaphuzwini amathathu. Kufanele ulalele lo mfana impilo yakhe ebingelula neze futhi engamvimbanga ukuthi ajabule kuze kube usuku lokugcina lokuphila kwakhe.
Ukhuluma ngokuthi ungagxili kanjani ekulinganisweni kwakho, ongakwazi ukukwenza noma ukukushintsha, futhi ugxile kulokho esingakwenza futhi esikuthandayo:
Uma uyithandile le vidiyo, yabelana ngayo nabangani bakho!
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Abazali bakaSam, uDkt. ULeslie Gordon noScott Berns, basungulwa IProgeria Research Foundation (iProgeria Research Foundation) ngo-1999 ukuthola imbangela, ukwelashwa nokwelashwa kwalesi sifo esingajwayelekile. Izingane ezineProgeria ziphila isilinganiso seminyaka eyi-13.
EProgeria, izimpawu zokuguga zingavela onyakeni wokuqala wokuphila.
Izingane, lapho zineminyaka emihlanu noma eyisishiyagalombili ubudala, zilahlekelwa izinwele, imibimbi yesikhumba, zihlushwa i-atherosclerosis, i-osteoporosis noma i-arthritis, izifo zabantu abadala.
Munye kuphela umuntu osinde eminyakeni engama-26 ubudala. Kwakungumfana ogama lakhe linguLeon Botha, waseNingizimu Afrika. Ushone ngo-2011 ngenxa yezinkinga zaseProgeria.
Kukhona ukuqondana kwezinto eziphilayo phakathi kwezingane ezineProgeria kanye nabantu asebekhulile ngokujwayelekile. Sonke senza i-progerin, amaprotheni abangela izifo eProgeria. Izingane ezineProgeria zenza i-progerin eningi kakhulu.