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. at ...

Sam Berns died last week, at the age of 17. I never knew him, but he touched my heart -- and those of so many others. I first saw his picture years ago. A teenager weighing 50 pounds and looking like ...

The Progeria Research Foundation is hosting a fundraiser Thursday in memory of Sam Berns, the Foxboro resident who died in 2014 of the rapid-aging disease progeria. He was 17. Wormtown Brewery at ...

Sam Berns, the teen who became nationally known for his fight against a disease that accelerates aging, from complications of his disorder. As our friends at Shots explained back in September, Sam's ...

FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts (AP) - A teenager whose battle with a rare genetic condition that accelerates the aging process became the subject of an HBO documentary has died. Sam Berns was 17. Berns, of ...

Sam Berns, of Foxborough, Massachusetts, died on Friday after complications from Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, commonly known as progeria. The Progeria Research Foundation, which was founded ...

SHARON, Mass. (AP) – A Foxborough teenager whose battle with a rare genetic condition that accelerates the aging process inspired professional athletes and spurred medical research is being laid to ...

Sam Berns, the 17-year-old star of Life According to Sam—a feature-length documentary about his life that’s been shortlisted for an Academy Award—died last week from complications of progeria. Through ...

Leslie Gordon's son Sam was 22 months old when he was diagnosed with Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria syndrome, a devastating disease in which children age rapidly and usually die between their 7th and ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - A Massachusetts teenager who became a well-known face of the premature aging disease progeria has died, his family confirmed online. Sam Berns, of Foxborough, Massachusetts, died on ...