Last week, families of children and young adults with Progeria welcomed the news that we are one step closer to the first approved treatment for this ultra-rare, devastating condition that causes ...

Biomedical engineers at Duke University constructed an advanced disease model for blood vessels prompting insights into Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, according to a study published in Stem ...

Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome is a rare disorder that impacts around 400 people in the world. Many people have heard of progeria because of its association with Benjamin Button - a fictional ...

(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 ...

Berns had 'Benjamin Button' disease called progeria. Jan. 11, 2014— -- The 17-year-old boy who became the face of the progeria, the "Benjamin Button" disease, has died. Sam Berns died Friday from ...

Biologists tend not to discuss experimental results on a handful of cells and a single solitary mouse — too preliminary, too sketchy. David Liu of the Broad Institute therefore had no plans to present ...

Aging is a complex and natural process that affects all living organisms. As people age, normal biological processes are affecting, resulting in a decline in various organs and age-related conditions.

Gene therapy increased lifespan 25 percent in a mouse model of the fatal accelerated aging disease progeria, Salk Institute scientists reported Monday. Using the powerful CRISPR gene editing ...

In the spring of 2005, families affected by progeria welcomed the news from two studies that uncovered new information about this rare, devastating condition that causes premature aging in children.

TOLEDO, Ohio The odds are unbelievable. With only 18 cases in the U.S. and 80 known cases in the entire world, that 80th case is a Whitehouse one-year-old who lives not quite a stone's throw from ...