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 ...

In the Broadway musical Kimberly Akimbo, Victoria Clark plays a teenager with a rare fatal disease that causes premature aging. Clark is 63 years old in real life, but her character has just turned 16 ...

Progress in the quest to help progeria patients suggests that gene editing techniques may help treat other ultrarare conditions. By Gina Kolata A cure for an ultrarare disease, progeria, could be on ...

A ground-breaking online community has been launched to allow people with the rare disease Progeria to communicate regardless of their location or language. Progeria Connect, a new partnership between ...