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http://www.thisis50.com/profiles/blogs/girl-who-doesnt-age-the
Years Pass, but Brooke Greenberg Remains a Toddler. No One Can Explain How or Why
Brooke Greenberg is the size of an infant, with the mental capacity of a toddler.
She turned 16 in January.
"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.
Watch Brooke's story on "20/20" FRIDAY at 10 p.m. ET.
In a recent paper for the journal "Mechanisms of Ageing and Development," Walker and his co-authors, who include Pakula and All Children's Hospital (St. Petersburg, Fla.) geneticist 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."
Brooke rides in a stroller while her mom shops for clothes in the infant sections of department stores near their home in a Baltimore suburb. That Brooke is in her mid-teens is so mind-boggling that if another mother with a toddler asks Greenberg how old Brooke is, she usually doesn't try to explain.
"My system always has been to turn years into months," Greenberg said. "So, if someone asked today, I might say, she's 16 months old."
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Technically she is legal.... I'd hit it
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Technically she is legal.... I'd hit it
sick fuck
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sick fuck
Ohh yes... i knew that comment would draw out all the angry closeted conservatives... it's too easy
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Technically she is legal.... I'd hit it
ahahahah how does that shit even come to mind
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Ohh yes... i knew that comment would draw out all the angry closeted conservatives... it's too easy
still , I hope you were joking
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Technically she is legal.... I'd hit it
haha first one to chime in would be stick :D ;D
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Thanks Matt.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Calment
Jeanne Louise Calment (French pronunciation: [ʒan lwiz kalˈmɑ̃]; 21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997)[1] was a French woman with the longest confirmed lifespan in history at age 122 years 164 days.[2] She lived in Arles, France, for her entire life, and outlived both her daughter and grandson. She became particularly well-known from the age of 113, when the centenary of Vincent van Gogh's visit brought reporters to Arles, as she was the last person living to have met the artist. She entered the Guinness Book of Records in 1988, and in 1995 was declared the oldest person who had ever lived, having surpassed Shigechiyo Izumi of Japan. Her lifespan has been thoroughly documented by scientific study, with more records having been produced to verify her age than for any other case.[3]
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Technically she is legal.... I'd hit it
Technically. Where the hell is 16 technically legal unless it is with a 17 year old?
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Ohh yes... i knew that comment would draw out all the angry closeted conservatives... it's too easy
Hi TA. Any trouble with 'midgety' infestations, lately? :D
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Technically. Where the hell is 16 technically legal unless it is with a 17 year old?
Vegas baby Vegas!
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Technically. Where the hell is 16 technically legal unless it is with a 17 year old?
sweden is 15 OH HOYYY
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http://www.thisis50.com/profiles/blogs/girl-who-doesnt-age-the
Years Pass, but Brooke Greenberg Remains a Toddler. No One Can Explain How or Why
Brooke Greenberg is the size of an infant, with the mental capacity of a toddler.
She turned 16 in January.
"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.
Watch Brooke's story on "20/20" FRIDAY at 10 p.m. ET.
In a recent paper for the journal "Mechanisms of Ageing and Development," Walker and his co-authors, who include Pakula and All Children's Hospital (St. Petersburg, Fla.) geneticist 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."
Brooke rides in a stroller while her mom shops for clothes in the infant sections of department stores near their home in a Baltimore suburb. That Brooke is in her mid-teens is so mind-boggling that if another mother with a toddler asks Greenberg how old Brooke is, she usually doesn't try to explain.
"My system always has been to turn years into months," Greenberg said. "So, if someone asked today, I might say, she's 16 months old."
Freaky.
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Ohh yes... i knew that comment would draw out all the angry closeted conservatives... it's too easy
Just as this subject would bring about the comment you made from an angry liberal. Too easy. I see conservatives are in your head.
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sweden is 15 OH HOYYY
With Swedish women being hotter than American ones, I'd say there's a WHOLE lot of younger girl fucking going on there.
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Anybody have any info on why Vince Basile moved in next store to this soon to be adult?