One of about 150 people known to have a rare condition that causes rapid aging, he sought to raise awareness and participated in the search for a cure. By Trip Gabriel Sammy Basso, an advocate for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. South African TikTok star Beandri Booysen has died after a courageous battle with progeria, a rare disorder that caused her to age ...

(Gray News) – The longest-living survivor of progeria has died at the age of 28. In a Facebook post, the Progeria Research Foundation announced that Sammy Basso passed away Saturday. “Sammy was the ...

Study used cell lines obtained from the Progeria Research Foundation to evaluate Telomir-1's effects on key drivers of accelerated aging There are an estimated 400-500 known cases worldwide, including ...