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Gabby Williams is 8 years old but has the skin of a newborn and only weighs 11 lbs. An ultra-rare genetic condition, for which doctors have no discernible explanation, keeps Williams from physically aging and has her parents caring for her nearly the same as the day she was born.
Williams shares her rare condition with only a handful of people around the world, including a 29-year-old man from Florida who has the body of a 10-year-old and a 31-year-old Brazilian woman who appears no older than two. While the medical community hasnt yet established a cause for Williamss or the others' conditions, research into the genetic disorder has promising implications for overcoming the inertia of aging.
"In some people, something happens to them and the development process is slowed," said medical researcher Richard F. Walker. "The rate of change in the body slows and is negligible."
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But anyways I think this is crazy and what if people were to actually find a way to stop aging? Post your thoughts below.
Williams shares her rare condition with only a handful of people around the world, including a 29-year-old man from Florida who has the body of a 10-year-old and a 31-year-old Brazilian woman who appears no older than two. While the medical community hasnt yet established a cause for Williamss or the others' conditions, research into the genetic disorder has promising implications for overcoming the inertia of aging.
"In some people, something happens to them and the development process is slowed," said medical researcher Richard F. Walker. "The rate of change in the body slows and is negligible."
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But anyways I think this is crazy and what if people were to actually find a way to stop aging? Post your thoughts below.
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They need to start looking into gene splicing
And gene replications like in the movie spiderman
Becuz if u think they could somehow take that gene
And put it in the genes of regular ppl and see if it stops the aging
Process its funny cuz that could be how we find the
Fountain youth(metaforically) of course that would be awesome
But of course only the rich,powerful and geniuses will be immortal
Everyone else will suffer and die off
And gene replications like in the movie spiderman
Becuz if u think they could somehow take that gene
And put it in the genes of regular ppl and see if it stops the aging
Process its funny cuz that could be how we find the
Fountain youth(metaforically) of course that would be awesome
But of course only the rich,powerful and geniuses will be immortal
Everyone else will suffer and die off
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-SuperSoaker- wrote They need to start looking into gene splicing
And gene replications like in the movie spiderman
Becuz if u think they could somehow take that gene
And put it in the genes of regular ppl and see if it stops the aging
Process its funny cuz that could be how we find the
Fountain youth(metaforically) of course that would be awesome
But of course only the rich,powerful and geniuses will be immortal
Everyone else will suffer and die off
Yeah exactly most likely only people high up in the government would be able to get it but still it's pretty cool.
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Borify wrote-SuperSoaker- wrote They need to start looking into gene splicing
And gene replications like in the movie spiderman
Becuz if u think they could somehow take that gene
And put it in the genes of regular ppl and see if it stops the aging
Process its funny cuz that could be how we find the
Fountain youth(metaforically) of course that would be awesome
But of course only the rich,powerful and geniuses will be immortal
Everyone else will suffer and die off
Yeah exactly most likely only people high up in the government would be able to get it but still it's pretty cool.
That is true or they would never tell us about it
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I saw something like this a while ago but it wasn't an 8 year old, it was a 16 year old girl and I thought it was really odd.
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Can they talk or no? Im confused.
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Tropicana wrote Can they talk or no? Im confused.
No i'm pretty sure she can't talk because she was diagnosed with the disease as a baby but i'm sure people who get it when their 16 can.
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