The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a treatment that could give children with a rare genetic illness that causes premature aging more time to live. Children with the disease, known as ...

Progeria, also known as Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, is a rare disorder that profoundly reshapes the lives of those affected. This condition manifests through a paradox of youth and premature ...

CHICAGO — Children with a rare, incurable disease that causes rapid aging and early death may live longer if treated with an experimental drug first developed for cancer patients, a study suggests.

Telomir Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:TELO) on Wednesday announced new preclinical data showing that its lead candidate, Telomir-1, prevented cellular aging in human progeria cell lines obtained from ...

The elfin child with the big personality and bright smile calls herself “the first lady” and dreams of the future. But doctors say 12-year-old Ontlametse Phalatse has only, perhaps, another couple of ...

BOSTON, MA (September 7, 2010) – Progeria, also known as Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS), is a rare, fatal genetic disease characterized by an appearance of accelerated aging in children.

(WTOL) - A local family is targeted by a con-artist using their daughters rare disease to make a quick buck. Carly Kudzia, 5, has Progeria, an extremely rare aging disease with only 17 other cases in ...

CRISPR gene editing has been used to more than double the lifespan of mice engineered to have the premature ageing disease progeria, also greatly improving their health. The results far surpassed ...

Telomir-1 improved survival in progeria cells and normalized ROS levels under oxidative stress. The candidate reduced mitochondrial calcium overload, restoring cell energy balance. The next correction ...