Nihal Bitla, Progeria’s Face in India, Passes Away

Nihal Bitla, the face of Progeria in India passed away on Tuesday at his grand parent’s place in Telangana.

Progeria made Nihal’s body age eight times faster, so this 15-year-old teenager was trapped in 90-year-old’s body, suffering from severe arthritis and rapidly ageing organs. His death from complications of the disease, was announced on his Facebook page run by the Boston-based Progeria Research Foundation.

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