is time real? diseases that may solve the riddle about aging

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in science class we learned about a disorder that causes humans to age alot faster than normal, progeria. little kids get this disorder due to a problem with an egg or sperm, so it is not genetic. the chances of your child getting it almost 0 with only 26 kids having it. most do not live past the age of 13 (longest so far). it is very sad because for every year that passes they grow 10(hard to explain but youll see). they always stay small and are usually less than 30 pounds. but by the age of 6 they have difficulties that 60 year olds have. this might include arthritis,alzheimer´s, and heart problems,but their mental development is that of a six year olds. what is really sad is that most are having problems that their grandparents havent had yet. a charachteristic of theese kids are that they have fairly large heads. so by the age of 10 they are considered to be about 100 ears old. doctors are doing alot of research on theese poor kids to find out what makes them age. as they have come to find out the tips of their genes have deteriorated much faster than a normal humans their for causing them to grow old. further research led them to test it out on dieing worms. they took some worms,half got a special medicine to keep the caps of the genes healthier and the others didnt. the ones who didnt died 2 days later but the others lived for 2 weeks and were still healthy!!! theese studies were for the ¨majority¨of people so many of the parents of the children believe that although they were the ones that were being tested on that the doctors will not help progeria but help the ¨richer¨ people who can afford the new tests. that was what we learned in our class. so is time real or is it just that our bodies are deteriotating? what do you think?