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The skin-thin leather man, elastic like rubber
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The skin-thin leather man, elastic like rubber

Gary Turner's skin is so elastic that he can turn his belly into a table and hold almost 2 liters of beer on it. The 41-year-old man has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a rare g…

December 14, 2018
'Inherits' from parents that children don't want
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'Inherits' from parents that children don't want

If a man has baldness, the original cause to consider belongs to genetic factors. The relationship is not entirely strong, but it certainly plays an important role.

December 14, 2018
Explain the cause of many abnormal deaths
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Explain the cause of many abnormal deaths

After arresting a 30-year-old man who was violent and unjustly attacking many people around, the police in North Carolina (USA) immediately sent him to the emergency roo…

December 14, 2018
Successfully grafted two arms from another
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Successfully grafted two arms from another

A Mexican man became the first patient in Latin America to have two arms by transplanting from another person's arms. Dr. Martin Iglesias, head of surgery at the Mexican…

December 14, 2018
20-year-old boy thought 160-year-old old man
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20-year-old boy thought 160-year-old old man

Dean Andrews, who lives in Birmingham (England), suffers from a rare disease called Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS) - a genetic mutation that makes this 20-y…

December 14, 2018
Decode the 115-year-old woman's genome
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Decode the 115-year-old woman's genome

The entire gene sequence of the old man who lived to 115 years of age has been decoded in the laboratory, allowing scientists to further study longevity.

December 14, 2018
Guess the disease through the length of the finger
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Guess the disease through the length of the finger

Scientists believe that the hand-to-hand review has no scientific basis, but they claim that it is possible to measure the length of the fingers to obtain information ab…

December 14, 2018
The man has the uterus, ovaries
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The man has the uterus, ovaries

An Indian farmer had his uterus removed when the doctor discovered the female reproductive organs in his lower abdomen.

December 14, 2018