Brooke Greenberg is a 20year-old lady but after a glance at her, you need nobody to tell you “she’s a toddler”. She was born in 1993, yet somehow both her mind and her body failed in developing beyond infancy.

In other words: physically and mentally speaking, her age is somewhere between one and three years. As her father, Howard Greenberg, put it, “From age one to four, Brooke changed. She got a little bit bigger. But age four, four to five, she stopped.”


Doctors explain that, for the time being, they are busy trying to pin down the genetic mutation responsible for Brooke’s being a 20-year-old toddler.

Because more questions have been raised than answered, the specialists looking into this case agreed to not rush into establishing a formal diagnosis and settled for referring to Brooke’s condition as Syndrome X.

Apparently, the doctors investigating this medical mystery agreed that it would be best to look at this girl’s DNA as a result of their finding “no apparent abnormalities in her endocrine system, no gross chromosomal abnormalities, or any of the other disruptions known to occur in humans that can cause developmental issues.”

Interestingly enough, scientists hope that, by analyzing this 20-year-old’s genetic makeup, they might be able to gain a better understanding of how to treat several medical conditions which are in one way or another related to old age.

Thus, Dr Eric Schadt argued that, were it to be proven that the abnormal genes which are keeping Brooke from growing up are also involved in aging related processes, it might be possible to manipulate these genes in order to tackle disorders such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and several types of cancer.

Medical mystery aside, Brooke’s family admit that, despite their loving the girl, they sometimes lie about her age when random strangers ask them about how old she is.

“’My system always has been to turn years into months. So, if someone asked today, I might say, she’s [20] months old,” Mrs. Greenberg confessed.

Beretta92: Na wa oh! Does this mean she can live for centuries since she isn't aging?

manny4life: Almost relates to the Benjamin Button case - the movie

Prof Corruption: It's nothing new.

Beretta92: Na wa oh! Does this mean she can live for centuries since she isn't aging?

Gombs:

U sure u watched dat movie?

Tot he was born old n got younger as he aged?awz dat 'related' to this?

Edify me pls. Thanks

goodmike7: she needs deliverance

ItsModella: ehen, very soon people will start saying na village witches and wizard cause am...

manny4life:

Yes I did. That's why I said it relates somewhat using the concept of aging. Benjamin aged backwards, while here she has a stunted growth and aging backwards. It says when you see her at 20, she looks like she 2 or three.

As her father,
Howard Greenberg, put it, “From age one
to four, Brooke changed. She got a little
bit bigger. But age four, four to five, she
stopped.”

Gombs:

U sure u watched dat movie?

Tot he was born old n got younger as he aged?awz dat 'related' to this?

Edify me pls. Thanks

danjkad: Eyaaa. Feels so sad. Thank God tins like dis happen in countries where dey show luv 2 deir kids no matter d circumstances.

Gombs:

Doesn't stil mean when she gets to 30 she will be an infant-in relation n comparison to Benjamin Button's case....and she's not ageing backwards,she stopped growing as her dad said.