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FOXBORO -- The Progeria Research Foundation is holding a fundraiser Wednesday in town to find a cure for the rapid aging disease that inflicted Sam Berns. The event is scheduled from 5 to 9 p.m ...

Dr. Leslie Gordon started the Progeria Research Foundation after her son, Sam Berns, was diagnosed with progeria. There’s now an FDA-approved drug for it.

Sam Berns, possibly the most famous progeria child, died at 17 in 2014, after an HBO documentary, “Life According to Sam,” debuted in 2013.

The year before Sam Berns died at 17 of progeria, an ultra-rare fatal genetic disease that causes premature aging, the Foxborough High School student said he hoped his mother, a physician, would ...

Sam Berns and Audrey Gordon, director of the Progeria Foundation attend The New York Premiere Of HBO's 'Life According To Sam' at HBO Theater in New York City, Oct. 8, 2013.

The Lego mural. Photo provided Sam Berns —a Foxborough High School student who succumbed to the rapid aging disease Progeria in 2014—was a fixture in the Boston sports world.

Sam Berns, who died in 2014 at age 17 from complications of the rare genetic disease progeria, was known for his philosophy for living a happy life and how he didn't let the obstacles presented by ...

This is the first year that Sam Berns won’t lace up his sneakers for the annual 5K road race to support research for a rare and deadly disease — progeria. Sam died in January at age 17 due to ...

PEABODY — This is the first year Sam Berns won’t lace up his sneakers for the annual 5K road race to support research for a rare and deadly disease — progeria.