Bizarre: The Girl who Won't Age

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This is so wierd. Somewhere in this little girl may be the secret of the fountain of youth.

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**BALTIMORE – **Imagine being frozen in time as a baby forever. It sounds impossible, but it describes Brooke Greenberg.

The Baltimore-area girl may look like a baby, but she’s nearly a teenager. In most respects, Brooke looks and acts like your average 6-month-old baby – she weighs 13 pounds and she is 27 inches long.

Brooke Greenberg, 12, weighs 13 pounds and is 27 inches long.
But Brooke is actually 12 years old, reported WBAL-TV in Baltimore.

Brooke doesn’t age. Her syndrome remains undiagnosed and unnamed, and as far as doctors can tell, she is the only one in the world who has it.

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/health/4485525/detail.html

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:freaky:

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Her syndrome remains undiagnosed and unnamed, and as far as doctors can tell, she is the only one in the world who has it.<<

they need to pay gup cafe a visit..

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why didn't u post the whole thing myvoice?

heres the rest of the article:

*Dr. Laurence Pakula has been Brooke's pediatrician since she was born.

"In height, weight, she's 6 to 12 months," Pakula said. "If you ask any physician who knows nothing about her, the response is that she is maybe a handicapped 2-year-old."

Doctors say Brooke has thrived because of the support of her parents and three sisters.

Her body may not be aging, but Brooke's health is deteriorating. She is fed through a tube, and she's had strokes, seizures, ulcers, severe respiratory problems and a tumor the size of a lemon.

The four times Brooke has come dangerously close to death, she bounced back and no one knows why.

Pakula points out that the girl has a strong sense of self and of sibling rivalry. Brooke has no language skills, but she does have enough motor skills to pull herself up in her crib or scoot across the kitchen floor.

Pakula said Brooke has thrived because of the support of her parents and three sisters.

"When one sees how much she has accomplished, it's a wonderful reminder that even for someone who's limited, it's a wonderful world out there," Pakula said.

As genetic research expands, scientists might be able to learn the secrets of this little girl. But until then, it is Brooke who is doing the teaching.*

fountain of youth, i doubt it...given what she has to suffer through...

God bless her...

Drug Tunnel
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Didn’t want to post a long article since I posted the link.

I agree…God bless this poor little girl. The scientifically interesting thing though is to try to discover the gene or chemical or whatever that prevents the aging process. Out of all the billions upon billions of human beings ever born, this is apparently the only person known to science that has ever been this way. In 12 years, this person has not from outward appearances aged a single day. Remarkable.

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Cute, reminds me of Peter Pan.

What's wrong with her eyes? Why are they unusually dark?

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That’s sad. :frowning:

Ameen.

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How come it took 12 years for this to get known?

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I’m sure it must have been reported on before. But few people might ever hear about stories like this unless they know some old guy who endlessly peruses news sites on the Internet for the perverted, bizarre and strange so that he can share them with his online buddies and buddettes.

*been a year*
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So you know an old guy who endlessly peruses news sites on the Internet for the perverted, bizarre and strange so that he can share them with his online buddies and buddettes? :D

*been a year*
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lol @ myvoice

BTW, you missed the exploding apple story

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bless her! this is so sad :(
It must be awful for her and her family going through what they are...but maybes worse so that her syndrome has no name or diagnosis

flooding kay sath sath....
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An EXPLODING APPLE???

It must have exploded before not after someone ate it. If it exploded after it was in the tummy, I KNOW I would have come across the story.

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queer, to be fair report says she “looks like a child” not “sounds like a child”.:slight_smile:

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I never came across anything like this. Quite amazing and disturbing!

I see no scientific explanaitions for this!

*been a year*
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Every molecule in your body has a "clock" (very loose term hence inaccurate term to describe). This clock decides your aging cycles. It decides when you are in your teens (in terms of physical changes). When / how much should you grow. Immune / reporduction cycle changes etc.

I assume her clock is mutated and doesn't go forward as it should. so basically she can join Xmen :)

Question remains, who will she choose Magneto or Professor X?