He weighed 23 pounds at the start of the lonafarnib trial and is now up to 31 pounds.
WSJ: Progeria Drug Study Helps in Search for Clues on Aging
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Jamie Madley of Hamilton, Ontario, said her 16-year-old son, Devin Scullion, a high-school junior, was part of the lonafarnib trial and is part of the continuing triple-drug-cocktail trial.
WSJ: Progeria Drug Study Helps in Search for Clues on Aging
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Dr. Kieran said another trial, involving a cocktail of lonafarnib and two additional drugs, is under way at Boston Children's Hospital to try to achieve even greater benefits and that a fourth drug is being tested in mice and may be tried in the children in another trial.
WSJ: Progeria Drug Study Helps in Search for Clues on Aging