Using new technology, researchers from Texas found that they could reverse many markers of aging in cells from children with progeria, a rare genetic disease that causes rapid aging and early death.

“Children with progeria occur out of blue. There’s no family history, no warning, no reason to think that this might be getting ready to happen,” said Dr Francis Collins, the scientist who first ...

September 27, 2012 — A farnesyltransferase inhibitor originally intended to treat cancer has improved the conditions of all 25 children in a clinical trial for the rapid-aging disorder ...

Study used cell lines obtained from the Progeria Research Foundation to evaluate Telomir-1’s effects on key drivers of accelerated aging MIAMI, FLORIDA / ACCESS Newswire / June 18, 2025 / Telomir ...

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. The small, ...

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 ...