Race Against Time | Families with kids diagnosed with aging disease remain positive | Sunday Night

Adalia and Meghan are two beautiful and courageous young girls who are growing up way too fast. Both have a rare and fatal genetic condition called Progeria, a disease that causes rapid ageing – 10-times faster than normal. Their life expectancy is very short, usually only into the mid-teens. But, as Sunday Night’s Steve Pennells reports, they are making every second of their short lives count. And the good news is, there’s now hope for a cure.

This story originally aired on the 21st October 2018. Sadly Adalia passed away on January 12, 2022.

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