hearing,

improved bone structure,

Treatment

gaining weight,

Lonafarnib, a type of farnesyltransferase inhibitor (originally used for cancer) has helped the kid's health improve by

better

and more flexibility of the blood vessels.

There are no cures yet (the scientists are working towards it). This is because Progeria is so rare, little research has been done until the 1990s.

Over the past few years, there have been many trials that are testing for cures.