a top-of-the-line radar detector, Progeria Research. stuntwoman

 

Michael Valentine in 2019. He and a partner built a top-of-the-line radar detector, and he upgraded it numerous times over three decades.Credit...Brian Steege

Toni Vaz, Stuntwoman and Founder of N.A.A.C.P. Image Awards, Dies at 101

stuntwoman

/ˈstʌntˌwʊmən/

noun

1. a woman employed to take the place of an actor or actress in performing dangerous stunts.

   "she wisely called in a stuntwoman to take her fall"

Sammy Basso, Advocate for Progeria Research, Is Dead at 28

One of about 150 people known to have a rare condition that causes rapid aging, he sought to raise awareness and participated in the search for a cure.

11h agoBy Trip Gabriel

Progeria is a specific type of progeroid syndrome, also known as Hutchinson–Gilford syndrome or Hutchinson–Gilford progeroid syndrome (HGPS)

早年衰老症候群（Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria syndrome），簡稱早衰症。早衰症是一種極端罕見的遺傳性疾病，其患者身體的老化過程十分快速。而罹患此病孩童的年齡很少超過13歲，大約每八百萬個新生兒之中就有一位得到此疾。雖然早衰症是一種遺傳性疾病，但是發生的十分零星且很少在家族之中遺傳下來。

科學家們對早衰症尤其有興趣，因為相關的研究可能透漏出關於正常人體老化程序的知識。