Sammy Basso graduated in science with 110 cum laude: another victory for the boy affected by progeria

Sammy Bbado has been enrolled since 2015 in the Natural Sciences course in Molecular Biology and research has always been one of the most important objectives of his life. "I am Sammy Bbado, a 21-year-old boy who studies natural sciences at molecular biology at the University of Padova, my project is to become a researcher, and I have a life full of friends and people who love me "

In those years, the University of Padua activated a synergy between the office of disability, teaching and technical staff that made possible the inclusive path of Bbado. "Precisely because of the virtuous movement that took place, as a member of the commission, the praector of the didactic Daniela Mapelli and the delegate in the field of inclusion and disability Laura Note were invited as well as the co-tutor Carlos Lopez Otin (Instituto Universitario de Oncologia, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain), with whom Sammy made a thesis on Erasmus progeria, "made known to the university.

The boy and his family are involved in various initiatives in favor of research on the rare disease that he suffered from birth, also by the foundation of the Italian badociation Progeria Sammy Bbado onlus. "I do not have a lot of courage, I have my family and my friends who love me" he had said in 2015 when he was greeted by Carlo Conti on the San stage Remo.

With her energy, Bbado became known Immediately after finishing high school, she went with her parents for a trip to the United States that became a documentary on Nat Geo. During his trip, he met Indian leaders, preachers, Amish characters and "inaccessible" as Matt Groening, the "father" of the Simpsons, and director James Cameron

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"I have a difficult and difficult life but the disease has not prevented me from living unique experiences.I think back to my trip, I think this route 66 represents a concentrate of my existence. family, I've done and have seen things most people do not even dream of.I have broadened my horizons, studied the causes of my illness and actively participated in scientific research. I know the limits that the progeria imposes, because I claim my right not to attach too much to the limits that it imposes.I prefer to concentrate on all that I can do despite the progeria. Said the 23-year-old

Progeria or Hutchinson-Gi syndrome lford is known in common parlance as a disease of premature aging. Progeria is a very rare genetic disease characterized by the appearance of an early aging that affects a child every 4-8 million births. As reported on the website of the Italian badociation Progeria, there are about 70 children with this syndrome worldwide. Currently in Italy there are 5 cases of progeria