Jul 16, 2026 | Events, News, Uncategorized
The Okie Boys, a group of friends from Oklahoma, just rode jet skis 1,300 miles from Miami to Puerto Rico to raise money for progeria research. The trip started almost as a joke when Derek Hallaway decided to ride his jet skis to his home in Puerto Rico instead of...
Jun 30, 2026 | Events, Homepage News, News, Uncategorized
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Mar 3, 2026 | Homepage News, News, Uncategorized
PRF has entered into a manufacturing agreement with Forge Biologics to produce SamPro-2 – PRF’s investigational gene-editing therapy designed to correct the gene mutation that causes Progeria. This is a defining step toward Progeria gene therapy clinical trials....
Sep 25, 2025 | Homepage News, News, Uncategorized
Collaboration = Progress The Progerinin trial is a partnership between PRF, trial sponsor PRG Science & Technology (a Korean- based biotech company), Boston Children’s Hospital (the trial site), Brigham and Women’s Hospital (site for some trial tests), and of...
Aug 8, 2025 | Homepage News, News, Uncategorized
As described in the August 11, 2025, front-page New Yorker article**, entitled How an Ultra-Rare Disease Accelerates Aging, The Progeria Research Foundation is thrilled to announce the pioneering Progeria Gene Editing Program. **Click here to read the full article....
Jun 29, 2025 | News, Uncategorized
PRF is thrilled to announce that the first Progerinin clinical trial patient visits are complete! Earlier this month, we welcomed US-residents Merlin (23) and Kaylee (21) to their week-long trial visits at Boston Children’s Hospital. This groundbreaking trial...