The New York Times27d
Sammy Basso, Advocate for Progeria Research, Is Dead at 28
By Trip Gabriel Sammy Basso, an advocate for research into progeria, an ultrarare fatal disease that causes rapid aging in children, who was known for living with gusto and humor with the ...
GEN28d
Progeria’s Cardiovascular Complications Could Be Treated with New Protein Finding
The results of a University of Maryland (UMD)-led study could point to new and improved treatment approaches for Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS), a rare genetic disorder that causes ...
Medical Xpress28d
Protein discovery could pave the way for improved treatment of premature aging disease
A University of Maryland-led discovery could spur the development of new and improved treatments for Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS), a rare genetic disorder with no known cure that ...
Science Daily28d
'Paving the way' for improved treatment of premature aging disease
A new article could spur the development of new and improved treatments for Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS), a rare genetic disorder with no known cure that causes accelerated aging in ...
The Economist29d
Sammy Basso led research into his own rare disease
The diagnosis of progeria, premature ageing, came when he was two. The cause was a mutation in a single gene, which led to a build-up of a toxic protein in the nucleii of cells. There was nothing ...