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A member asked:
Before scientists realized progeria was caused by a mutated gene, what explanation was given as the cause of progeria?
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Still genetic: Even before the genetics of progeria were known, scientists/physicians still knew that it was a "genetic something", though couldn't prove what it was.
Answered 11/14/2012
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