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http://www.efitnessnow.com/news/2009...oke-greenberg/
16-year-old Brooke Greenberg has baffled scientists with her inability to age of being a toddler, perhaps bearing secrets to the process of aging. Scientist and doctors from all over the world are fascinated by the case of a sixteen year old girl who is the size of an infant, and is showing no signs of aging and growing.
Brooke’s story of survival is extraordinary. During her first six years of life, she experienced many medical adversities as well as undetermined conditions that puzzled doctors, however she survived all of them and has continued to prosper. Despite being a toddler in terms of size and development, Brooke is otherwise absolutely normal and in good physical health. Brooke’s three sisters, ages 22, 19, and 13, are all completely normal children, yet Brooke’s body did not even respond to treatments with human growth hormone. It’s as if she’s immune to aging of any sort.
Brooke weighs just 16 pounds and stands 2 feet, 6 inches tall. She can not speak, however she can convey frustration and happiness.
To attempt to ascertain why Brooke’s aging process has been so irregular, and what it means to the understanding of our genetic makeup, scientists have studied samples of Brooke’s cells and DNA to look for what they think may be a genetic mutation never seen before that has affected the way she ages.
While doctors say she has not grown physically or mentally her mother sees teenage girl behavior stating, “She loves to shop…just like a woman.” When they do hit the stores, with Brooke in a stroller, other mothers will stop and ask how old Brooke is. Stating the fact that she is sixteen would be startling and would take a whole lot of explanation so her mum says, “my system has been to turn year into months. So, if someone asked today, I might say, she’s 16 months old.”
“There’ve been very minimal changes in Brooke’s brain,” Dr. Richard Walker of the University of South Florida College of Medicine told ABCnews. “Various parts of her body, rather than all being at the same stage, seem to be disconnected.” Yet, the teenager has never been diagnosed with a genetic syndrome or abnormal chromosomes.
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I think there is supposed to be something about this "teenager" on 20/20 tonight. Pretty damn crazy.
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I was thinking the same thing.
oh God ..
Wow ... that's simply amazing
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Is it possible that she wan't fed correctly?
She needs to eat her spinach
Only two years and tlong can hit it.
is she aging at all? I mean, when she is 80 yrs old, will she look like she's around 5?
Wow that's pretty ing sick actually. With the right genetic engnieering you could probably extract the sequences that makes this happen and possibly halt the aging process at a human's peak (ages 23-27).
Think of the NBA players lol.
But obviously this would be bad though lol
I was wondering the same thing... also, if that where to happen would her mental capacity expand accordingly? I mean would she have the mind of say a 7 year old?
If you can get over the big, creepy, "mad scientist" vibe of all of that, it might be the only way to save Social Security.
since she is 16 and only looks 1, if you expanded this to "how old will she be when she looks like an 16yr old"? I guess she would be 250 or more if she continues aging at the same rate.I was wondering the same thing... also, if that where to happen would her mental capacity expand accordingly? I mean would she have the mind of say a 7 year old?
However, as someone else mentioned, in 2 years she will be an adult...
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Health/St...7880954&page=1
video of her in the link
Last edited by sonic21; 06-26-2009 at 03:08 PM.
Pretty neato.
please tell me this is a joke. I'm gonna have nightmares of this baby staring at me in the dark...
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I asked a question in Bio when I was a freshman and got laughed at. The question was would humans ever be like X-Men characters? Humans with genetic mutations that give them a speacial trait?
This girl is basically Wolverine minus the healing factor and claws, because she ages very slowly and could possibly live through many generations.
Celebrating Brooke's 12th birthday in 2005: sister Caitlin, 15; Brooke; sister Emily, 18; mom Melanie, and sister Carly, 9.
That would be crazy.
Progeria is horrible too. The kids age faster, and usually live until 10-15 years of age. They usually die of heart ailments.
Almost spit soda all over my monitor.
Epic win for BB.
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