The girl who doesnt age?

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26 Jun 2009, 8:48 pm

was browsing the net and this story caught my eye

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Health/story?id=7880954&page=1

16 years old!

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26 Jun 2009, 9:20 pm

Wow, that's really weird!

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26 Jun 2009, 9:23 pm

There's a similar story about a man from India that I read a few months ago: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/271142

I would say it's sad, but both have apparently been lucky enough to have been born into families that adore them, so maybe it's not so sad after all.

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26 Jun 2009, 9:49 pm

Wow

That stuff is really weird, I don't know if I should feel happy or sorry for them (as I have no idea what they (the little non-aging people) are thinking or want).

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26 Jun 2009, 9:53 pm

Hrm, problem with growth hormones? =/

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26 Jun 2009, 10:02 pm

phil777 wrote:

Hrm, problem with growth hormones? =/

They aren't just little, their bodies have aged very slowly, and different organ systems at diffetent rates.

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26 Jun 2009, 10:18 pm

Wait...Before i misunderstand stuff, are you saying that other systems inside still develop at irregular rates? Cuz that'd be odd o.o .

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26 Jun 2009, 10:28 pm

AFAIK Homeostasis is maintained, it's just all slowed down.

Similiar to cryonic suspension. Everything just develops far, far slower.

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26 Jun 2009, 10:34 pm

Ah yes, homeostasis =.= that's basic.... "the fact that the body tends towards equilibrium to maintain itself".

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26 Jun 2009, 10:46 pm

Amazing, I'd seen the little girl on a frineds face book page and had heard of 2 other childern that were like this I wonder how many childern have been born with this over years.

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26 Jun 2009, 11:12 pm

Wow, I'm really looking forward to the TLC special.

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26 Jun 2009, 11:37 pm

phil777 wrote:

Wait...Before i misunderstand stuff, are you saying that other systems inside still develop at irregular rates? Cuz that'd be odd o.o .

[G]eneticist Maxine Sutcliffe chronicled a baffling range of inconsistencies in Brooke's aging process. She still has baby teeth at 16, for instance. And her bone age is estimated to be more like 10 years old.

"There've been very minimal changes in Brooke's brain," Walker said. "Various parts of her body, rather than all being at the same stage, seem to be disconnected."
Brooke's mother, Melanie Greenberg, 48, sees a different picture. "She loves to shop," Greenberg said. "Just like a woman."

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Health/story ... 954&page=1

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27 Jun 2009, 12:24 am

There is a rare condition out there where it causes someone to not age. It be nice if I never had to age past my twenties but those people have health problems such as seizures.

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27 Jun 2009, 12:47 am

Spokane_Girl wrote:

There is a rare condition out there where it causes someone to not age. It be nice if I never had to age past my twenties but those people have health problems such as seizures.

I wonder if they live longer than other people, or if it's just lack of hormones.

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27 Jun 2009, 7:56 am

Very odd. Facinating though.

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28 Jun 2009, 2:27 am

facinating.

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