16-Year Old with Body of a Baby

[Loyalist]

She's 16 years old, but has the body and mind of a toddler.

Years have passed and doctors still can't solve a baffling mystery -- why hasn't Brooke Greenberg aged?

ABC News reports that Brooke is 16 pounds and 30 inches tall. She doesn't speak, but knows how to vocalize sounds to ask for things or express what she likes and doesn't like, just like an infant. Doctors have observed that Brooke's body is growing out of sync. For instance she still has baby teeth, but her bone age is estimated to be 10 years old. The only things that do consistently grow are her hair and nails.

"Why doesn't she age?" Howard Greenberg, 52, asked of his daughter. "Is she the fountain of youth?"

Indeed doctors are hoping to use Brooke's case to figure out the genetics behind aging. Dr. Richard Walker of the University of South Florida and geneticist Maxine Sutcliffe believe that Brooke has a genetic mutation that prevents her from aging. They are hoping to isolate the gene to figure out how it is that humans age.

"Without being sensational, I'd say this is an opportunity for us to answer the question, why we're mortal, or at least to test it," Walker told ABC. "And if we're wrong, we can discard it. But if we're right, we've got the golden ring."

Source (http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/health/dpgo_teen_has_body_of_baby_lwf_062409_2607659)

Yet another genetic disease manifesting itself in a Jew. It's interesting how this is being twisted to present the girl as some saviour of humanity; as if she holds the key to halting the aging process, or some such nonsense.

[Rhobot]

Source (http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/health/dpgo_teen_has_body_of_baby_lwf_062409_2607659)

Yet another genetic disease manifesting itself in a Jew. It's interesting how this is being twisted to present the girl as some saviour of humanity; as if she holds the key to halting the aging process, or some such nonsense.

Amish and French Canadians/Cajuns have the same problem with recessive genetic disorders, as do other endogamous groups with small founding populations.

[Tabiti]

Most of children with similar genetic problems here are gypsies, mostly because the "relationships" within near relatives.

[TheWingedHussar]

Yet another genetic disease manifesting itself in a Jew. It's interesting how this is being twisted to present the girl as some saviour of humanity; as if she holds the key to halting the aging process, or some such nonsense.

You have issues that need sorting out. That's all I'm saying.

[Loyalist]

You have issues that need sorting out. That's all I'm saying.

Does being a Slavic half-caste in the United Kingdom qualify as an "issue"?

[SPQR]

Source (http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/health/dpgo_teen_has_body_of_baby_lwf_062409_2607659)

Yet another genetic disease manifesting itself in a Jew. It's interesting how this is being twisted to present the girl as some saviour of humanity; as if she holds the key to halting the aging process, or some such nonsense.

Yeah ofcourse there's not a possibility that she'll die soon, or her defect will or is causing her agonizing pain. She's the "fountain of youth!" :rolleyes:

[Treffie]

Source (http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/health/dpgo_teen_has_body_of_baby_lwf_062409_2607659)

Yet another genetic disease manifesting itself in a Jew. It's interesting how this is being twisted to present the girl as some saviour of humanity; as if she holds the key to halting the aging process, or some such nonsense.

What's being a Jew got to do with the price of beans in Peru?:confused:

[Jarl]

That's nonsense. The girl is aging and it takes one look at the pics from her early childhood to notice the change. There has to be, however, some serious genetic issue which results in her developmental abnormalities. Many chromosomal aberrations, which affect many genes, lead to such pleiotropic effects, including faults in development and mental retardation.

[TheWingedHussar]

Does being a Slavic half-caste in the United Kingdom qualify as an "issue"?

No, but having the same mentality towards the Jews and Slavs that a certain fanatical group had during the last century qualifies as an issue.

Being a half-caste has its benefits -it's stops you from becoming a blind and ignorant little inbred. I think that may be your issue ;)

[Loyalist]

What's being a Jew got to do with the price of beans in Peru?:confused:

Jewish genetic diseases. (http://www.mazornet.com/genetics/)


No, but having the same mentality towards the Jews and Slavs that a certain fanatical group had during the last century qualifies as an issue.

You say that like it's a bad thing.


Being a half-caste has its benefits -it's stops you from becoming a blind and ignorant little inbred. I think that may be your issue ;)

This looks to be straight out of a BBC broadcast or Labour Party manifesto. I suggest taking into consideration what sort of forum you're posting on before jumping in with PC drivel.

[Treffie]

Jewish genetic diseases. (http://www.mazornet.com/genetics/)



Thanks for link. I thought you were going on an unnecessary Jewish bashing mission.

[TheWingedHussar]

You say that like it's a bad thing.


Well given that resources involved in the unnecessary massacring of Jews, Slavs and Gypsies played a part in the German's downfall on the eastern front, I'd say it was a bad thing.
Besides, having that kind of attitude only highlights how primitive the thought processes in your mind must be. Ever since man's dawn, there have been those who want to destroy the next village. Most of us have evolved on from that, but there are still people like you who linger, polluting the bloodlines for intelligent people. Can't you see, that if there is a master race, then you're not a part of it?



This looks to be straight out of a BBC broadcast or Labour Party manifesto. I suggest taking into consideration what sort of forum you're posting on before jumping in with PC drivel.

Well your words look like they've come out of BNP propaganda magazine. What's your point?
Oooh. You're wanting to censor my words? How original. It's not PC drivel -it's my opinion, which I have formed independent of people like you who try and impose their opinions on others. Don't hate me because I think differently to you, and don't hate me because I'm right. It's neither big nor clever.