Life According to Sam (2013)

Life According to Sam 2013 Life According to Sam is about one familys courageous fight to save their only son from a rare and fatal disease, progeria The average age of death from progeria is 13, there is no treatment, and no cure Dr Leslie Gordon and Dr Scott Berns are set on changing this When their son Sam, now 16 years old, was diagnosed with progeria at age two, doctors told Leslie and Scott to enjoy Sam while they could They refused to believe this was the answer In less than a decade, their advances have led to identifying the gene at fault, creating the first drug trials for treatment, and revealing the amazing discovery that progeria is linked to the aging process in all of us