The Italian who published the syndrome that caused him to age prematurely dies at the age of 28

he is Italian scientist Sammy Bassoknown for providing visibility and study of his own disease, progeria, a rare syndrome that causes old lightning, he died at 28 years old, as announced on their social networks. “Today our light, our guide, has gone out. Thank you Sammy for making us a part of this wonderful life,” he announced the association he created to provide information about progeria and raise funds for scientific research.

Basso died unexpectedly this evening while dining in a restaurant in the Venetian town of Treviso (north), a few days after returning from a trip to China, according to local media.

He was born in 1995 in Schio (north), at the age of two he was diagnosed Hutchinson-Gilford progeria, a rare genetic disease which causes premature and accelerated aging and that It only affects 1 in 20 million people.

That’s an embargo, Sammy He devoted his life to researching and spreading his own syndrome and in 2018 he graduated in Natural Sciences from the University of Padua (north) with thesis on possible remedies to slow down its development.

Before, in 2005, he founded with his parents, but of his own free will, although he was still a child, the Italian Progeria Association Sammy Bassowith the aim of supporting the dissemination and raising of funds for scientific studies.

Basso arrived at the international fame for his media appearances, always raising awareness of how his syndrome was, and he was a star in a the famous ‘National Geographic’ documentary about a trip across the United States.

In 2019 he had to undergo surgery for a problem in his aorta artery, a first for a patient with progeria, and shortly after his appointment Knight of the Order of Merit with the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella. In 2021 he specialized in Molecular Biology at the University of Padua.

Disability Minister Allessandra Locatelli thanked Sammy for his contribution “courage and determination to make the world known” the progeria with “strength and hope.”