To: LibWhacker
Is she the world's first immortal human? If so that would be the opposite of progeria. Curious and no wonder researchers are trying to divine her secrets. Imagine discovering the Fountain Of Youth where Ponce De Leon failed.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".) 8 posted on
05/13/2005 10:47:07 AM PDT by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: goldstategop
I doubt it since she has so many other health problems. It's a sad story but perhaps something can be learned from it.
16 posted on
05/13/2005 10:48:49 AM PDT by
mlc9852
To: goldstategop
Is she the world's first immortal human?Well, if she is destined to age very slowly, imagine the financial portfolio she can build as compound interest works its magic over a 5,000 year period!
18 posted on
05/13/2005 10:49:17 AM PDT by
xrp
(Executing assigned posting duties flawlessly -- ZERO mistakes)
To: goldstategop
Is she the world's first immortal human? I doubt it. It's more likely that her 'grow up' mechanism failed, but that the normal cellular disruptions that are associated with the ravages of time will continue apace.
21 posted on
05/13/2005 10:49:42 AM PDT by
Lazamataz
(Not Elected Pope Since 4/19/2005.)
To: goldstategop
"Imagine discovering the Fountain Of Youth where Ponce De Leon failed."But who would want to live forever, continually having seizures, strokes and tumors? Not me.
25 posted on
05/13/2005 10:50:22 AM PDT by
MEGoody
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
To: goldstategop
I hate when I repeat what someone already said!
26 posted on
05/13/2005 10:50:36 AM PDT by
steveo
(Member: Fathers Against Rude Television)
To: goldstategop
That's what I was thinking. If there were a way to "freeze" someone at 25-35....
And this does sound like the opposite of progeria. I have never forgotten that 20 year old woman who looked 80. I believe she set the survival record.
That poor kid. And how devastating this must have been for her parents, not least because (unlike progeria, or Downs , or autism, etc) there would be no resources-no support groups-no answers for them. :-(
27 posted on
05/13/2005 10:50:55 AM PDT by
kaylar
To: goldstategop
Imagine discovering the Fountain Of Youth where Ponce De Leon failed. The fountain of youth definitely exists in this girl, now the challenge will be to harness it without the side effects she's unfortunately experiencing.
To: goldstategop
Is she the world's first immortal human? If so that would be the opposite of progeria. Curious and no wonder researchers are trying to divine her secrets. Imagine discovering the Fountain Of Youth where Ponce De Leon failed.But who would want to be a perpetual baby?
70 posted on
05/13/2005 11:23:41 AM PDT by
processing please hold
(Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
To: goldstategop
Is she the world's first immortal human? If it turns out that the price of living forever is that you never grow up either, I'm not so sure it's worth it ;)
72 posted on
05/13/2005 11:25:01 AM PDT by
general_re
("Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith, but in doubt." - Reinhold Niebuhr)
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