How Old is This Boy?
Hyomyung Shin looks like a perfectly healthy child. But what you can’t tell from looking at him is that he was born in 1989. He’s 26 years old, but hasn’t experienced puberty yet. The South Korean suffers from a rare genetic condition that’s been dubbed ‘Highlander Syndrome’. Only a few cases have ever been recorded. Those affected age extremely slowly – or not at all. Will Shin live far longer than the average human as a result? Nobody can say. The condition is completely new territory for doctors. But the answer to one of mankind’s oldest questions could be locked in Hyomyung Shin’s DNA. Could this put the brakes on ageing?
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