Brooke Greenberg is the size of an infant, with the mental capacity of a toddler.
She turned 16 in January.
At about 16 pounds and 30 inches, 16-year-old Brooke Greenberg has not aged significantly, physically or apparently cognitively, since she was a toddler. Doctors hope that her case could shed light on the mysterious genetics behind aging. "Why doesn't she age?" Howard Greenberg, 52, asked of his daughter. "Is she the fountain of youth?" Such questions are why scientists are fascinated by Brooke. Among the many documented instances of children who fail to grow or develop in some way, Brooke's case may be unique, according to her doctor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine pediatrician Lawrence Pakula, in Baltimore.
"Many of the best-known names in medicine, in their experience ... had not seen anyone who matched up to Brooke," Pakula said. "She is always a surprise." Brooke hasn't aged in the conventional sense. Dr. Richard Walker of the University of South Florida College of Medicine, in Tampa, says Brooke's body is not developing as a coordinated unit, but as independent parts that are out of sync. She has never been diagnosed with any known genetic syndrome or chromosomal abnormality that would help explain why.
Originally posted by Sunsnail in 2011
pedophiles around the world rejoice
Domesticated
:wtf:
She freaks me out more than kids with progeria. Progeria kids are quite exaggeratedly disformed and kind of gross, but her physical traits are somewhat more creepy than gross.
In this photo her face looks almost adult:
Domesticated
Imagine if she turned out to be literally immortal.
Her current family would die and her great great great great great great great great grandkids would be left to care for her 1000 years after her birth. Cool.
did it say she doesn't age like a human being or her body parts dont literally age? I just think she doesn't grow.. but still ages
or am I wrong
The17sss
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Originally posted by Domesticated
:wtf:
She freaks me out more than kids with progeria. Progeria kids are quite exaggeratedly disformed and kind of gross, but her physical traits are somewhat more creepy than gross.
Sorry dude... you asked for it. :stongue:
(the insanity begins at :30)
DJ Damerchi
Tsimis is legendary. He has already passed the life expectancy of Progeria and he persists on making these videos despite all the malice aimed at him. He has singlehandedly raised the awareness of progeria, if there would have been a survey done before and after tsimis's videos to see if people could correctly identify the condition, I firmly beleive there would be an astronomical increase.
god's a sob.
Trance Nutter
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Originally posted by Leon
did it say she doesn't age like a human being or her body parts dont literally age? I just think she doesn't grow.. but still ages
or am I wrong
mentally she is still an infant as well
TranceGiant
Acton
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Originally posted by TranceGiant
I see that and raise you this.
TranceGiant
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Originally posted by Acton
I see that and raise you this.
