proteus syndrome

Joseph Merrick, born in 1862 in Leicester, was the horror of a young, socially disadvantaged young Victorian queen. But Merrick's elephant then became immortal in film and drama.

The human body is a machine with an extremely complex structure and when these are

A rare disease has caused an English woman's legs to grow at an alarming rate, reaching over 45kg per leg, completely oversized for the slender upper body.

Scientists have solved the riddle of the cause of the terrible body deformation of people with Proteus syndrome, also known as

Scientists have discovered the real cause of Joseph Merrick's death, dubbed the Elephant, due to the weight of his oversized big head that crushed his spinal cord.