Progeria, otherwise known as Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome, is an autosomal dominant trait that can be found on Chromosome 1 on the LMNA Gene. Progeria is a condition that occurs amongst children that produces rapid aging. Though the disease does not affect the child mentally, it does affect them physically. These people tend to get symptoms older people do including stiffness of joints and cardiovascular disease. Slow growth, hair loss, wrinkles, hearing loss, and loss of muscle are also very common amongst these people. Progeria occurs when the LMNA gene fails to code a normal looking lamin A protein, which determines the shape that the cells will take. With only 1 out of every 4 million people getting the disease, there is no known
