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Peninnah (Hebrew: פְּנִנָּה Pəninnā; sometimes transliterated Penina) was one of Elkanah's two wives, briefly mentioned in the first Book of Samuel (1 Samuel 1:2). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Her name derives from the word פְּנִינָּה ( pəninā ), meaning "pearl."
[66] [67] [68] However, the Progeria Research Foundation believes there may be as many as 150 undiagnosed cases worldwide. [69] There have been only two cases in which a healthy person was known to carry the LMNA mutation that causes progeria. [70] One family from India had four of six children with progeria. [71]
Virus classification showing major ranks This is a list of genera of biological viruses. See also Comparison of computer viruses. This is an alphabetical list of genera of biological viruses. It includes all genera and subgenera of viruses listed by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) 2022 release. [1]
According to the Cleveland Clinic, progeria is a rare genetic disorder affecting 1 in 20 million people worldwide that causes rapid aging within a baby’s first one to two years of life.
The following is a list of genetic disorders and if known, type of mutation and for the chromosome involved. Although the parlance "disease-causing gene" is common, it is the occurrence of an abnormality in the parents that causes the impairment to develop within the child. There are over 6,000 known genetic disorders in humans.
The world's oldest real-life "Benjamin Button" is barely older than a teenager, but he has the body of a 160-year-old. Rupesh Kumar, 21, lives in India and weighs under 45 pounds, Express reports .
Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome is an extremely rare developmental autosomal dominant condition, characterized by premature and accelerated aging (~7 times the normal rate) [65] beginning at childhood. It affects 1 in ~4 million newborns; over 130 cases have been reported in the literature since the first described case in 1886. [66]
Many of these cases have occurred in Japan, where a founder effect has caused a higher incidence rate than in other populations. [ citation needed ] The incidence rate of Werner syndrome in Japan is approximately 1 case per 100 thousand people (1:100,000), a large contrast with the rate of incidence for the rest of the world, which is between 1 ...