The Invention of Gatorade: by CJ Price

I. Introduction

For the past 46 years, Gatorade has served as a tremendously popular sports drink around the world. Gatorade's selling points are its added carbohydrates, electrolytes, and vitamins that water, of course, does not contain. It claims to hydrate and nourish athletes better than water during their sports, allowing for a high level of performance over a long period of time. Dr. James Robert Cade is responsible for the invention of Gatorade when he first concocted the drink at the University of Florida in 1965.

Figure 1: Gatorade Logo

II. Discovery

In 1965 at the University of Florida, the coach of the Gators football team asked certain doctors at the University why his players were so affected by the heat. They concluded that water alone did not fully revitalize the players; they were also excreting electrolytes through sweat and burning carbohydrates through exercise. Therefore, the doctors began the process of creating a drink that would replenish all of the necessary nutrients in an athlete's body. This project was headed by Dr. James Robert Cade. The drink contained sucrose and glucose as carbohydrates and sodium and potassium salts as electrolytes. The doctors agreed that the concoction was ready for use. However, when a player spat out the unnamed drink upon tasting it, the doctors knew they had a little more work to do. After a failed attempt at improving the taste, Dr. Cade's wife suggested adding lemon juice. This significantly enhanced the taste, and the evolutionary concoction was complete. The only thing left to do was name it. Jim Free, a member of the team of doctors, fittingly named the drink Gatorade after the team for which it was made. Gatorade made its college football debut in October of 1965 during a game against LSU. The rest is history.

III. Biography

Dr. James Robert Cade was born on September 26, 1927 in San Antonio, Texas. After serving in the navy as a young man, he attended the University of Texas. In 1953, he married Mary Cade, a nurse from Dallas. In 1961, Dr. Cade joined the University of Florida medical school staff and worked there the rest of his life. Dr. Cade was a man of may talents, describing himself as a "physician, scientist, musician, and inventor". In addition to creating Gatorade, Dr. Cade also invented a high-protein milkshake used by medical patients and athletes, the first shock-dissipating football helmet, and a method for treating schizophrenia and autism through modifying one's diet. After leaving a rather large footprint on Gainesville, Florida and the rest of the world, Dr. James Robert Cade died on November 27, 2007.

Figure 2: Dr. James Robert Cade

IV. Impact on the World/Humanity

It would be an exaggeration to say that Gatorade has changed the world, but it has left its mark on the world of sports. Claiming to hydrate and revitalize athletes better than water, Gatorade has served as a beneficial sports drink to help keep athletes in top condition. Its impact on sports was demonstrated in the 1967 Orange Bowl when the Florida Gators defeated Georgia Tech (see link below). Although Gatorade was first produced solely for athletes at the University of Florida, it has since been promoted by famous athletes from nearly every sport, and appeared in most major sporting events. Gatorade can be used to give athletes around the world a boost of energy, or it can simply serve as a delicious drink.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpCSvV70SCY

V. Journal Article Review

In my journal article, a group of scientists studied and tested the physiological effects of water vs. gatorade during prolonged exercise. Participants in this experiment consisted of 10 "active" women between the ages of 19 and 22. These subjects participated in two 90-minute uphill walking sessions on a treadmill. During one session, the participants drank 32 ounces of Gatorade. During the other session, the participants drank 32 ounces of water. The results are as follows: There were no significant differences between the two drinks in the participants' blood pressure, body composition, and heart rate. There were significant differences in the rate of perceived exertion (RPE) and weight change. When the participants drank Gatorade, they had a lower RPE than when they drank water. Furthermore, when the women consumed Gatorade, they experienced an increase in weight after exercise. In contrast, they experienced a slight weight loss upon consuming water during exercise. The authors concluded that Gatorade was marginally more beneficial than water regarding rate of perceived exertion and weight change during prolonged exercise in women between the ages of 19 and 22. However, the authors recognize that they used a small samples size, and their study did not include a control group.

VI. References

Danielson, A., Morris, L., Neiderhauser, L., Stanek, K., & Wolter, J. (n.d.). The physiological effects of water vs. gatorade during prolonged exercise.

December 2008. (n.d.). Billy Knight Took My Lunch Money. Retrieved May 01, 2011, from http://billyknighttookmylunchmoney.blogspot.com/2008_12_01_archive.html

Dr. Cade | Cade Museum. (n.d.). The Cade Museum for Innovation and Invention | Cade Museum. Retrieved May 01, 2011, from http://www.cademuseum.org/history/cade.aspx

Gatorade's G Movement: Action Against Hunger. (n.d.). FitCeleb.com. Retrieved May 01, 2011, from http://www.fitceleb.com/node/6558

Johnson, A. (n.d.). Description Of Gatorade | LIVESTRONG.COM. LIVESTRONG.COM - Lose Weight & Get Fit with Diet, Nutrition & Fitness Tools. Retrieved May 01, 2011, from http://www.livestrong.com/article/78085-description-gatorade/

Martin, D. (2011, May 01). J. Robert Cade, the Inventor of Gatorade, Dies at 80 - New York Times. The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. Retrieved May 01, 2011, from http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/business/28cade.html

YouTube - The Legend of Gatorade. (n.d.). YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Retrieved May 01, 2011, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpCSvV70SCY

Human Anatomy--Morgan Levy

Andreas Vesalius was one of the most influential medical scientists of all time. His ideas and descriptions of the human body changed medicine drastically during the scientific revolution. He used the scientific method and began dissecting corpses himself in order to find out the details of anatomy. He drew exquisite drawings of his findings and created the first illustrated book of anatomy. Figure 1: Andreas Vesalius


Andreas Vesalius was born on December 31, 1514 in Brussels, Belgium. His family was involved in medicine and science for many generations and therefore he expressed interest at a very young age. He went to college in 1528, (only 14 years old) and studied medicine. He was very interested in anatomy and studied the bones and corpses in the cemetery in the Saints Innocents Cemetery. He left Paris in 1536, due to the war and later acquired his Doctors degree in 1537.


He tested many of the ideas and thoughts of the Greek physician, Galen. He found out that many of the assumptions that Galen had made, a thousand years ago, were not true. For instance, Galen said that the breastbone is made of seven segments; we now know that there are only three. Galen also said that humerus was the longest bone in the body, where Vesalius saw that both the tibia and the fibula were longer. After pondering why Galen’s work was so off, Vesalius discovered that Galen didn’t even experiment on humans, he used oxen. If Vesalius hadn’t used the scientific method, we may still be walking around today thinking that we have the same anatomy as an oxen. Vesalius went on to launch the first book of anatomy in 1543, called De humani corporis fabrica livri septem (the seven books on the structure of the human body)


Vesalius wasn’t afraid to go against what was established in medicine. By doing experiments, he proved many of Galen’s theories to be false. He also created the first full book of anatomy. This book launched a new way of thinking in the world of medicine. If it weren’t for the discoveries of Vesaluis, we would have the wrong ideas of how the body looked and worked. Having the right information has saved millions of lives in the past 500 something years. Figure 2: Modern Human Body

This journal article is about the changing of medicine during the scientific revolution. Before the Scientific Revolution, Aristotle’s theory of the four humours was used to explain medicine. The four humours was a theory to describe the makeup and the workings of the human body. The four humours were all liquids in the body, black bile, yellow bile, phlegm and blood. The theory stated that the body was filled with these four substances, which are in balance when a person is healthy. The imbalance of these four humours was the cause of all disease. These humours were also associated with the four seasons. This meant that it was possible there would be too much of the connected humour in a particular season.
No scientists dared to challenge this theory for over a thousand years. It wasn’t until the Scientific Revolution, beginning in the late 1500’s that anyone had a second thought about whether or not the theory of the four humours was true. But in the 1500’s, students such as Andreas Vesalius started to challenge these ideas. He was so enthusiastic about his work that he inspired his fellow peers to do the same. They did experiments and made observations that changed the world of medicine.

http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/287/9/1180.full.pdf+html
http://www.experiment-resources.com/andreas-vesalius.html
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/_0/history_02

The Magnificent Aerosol Spray Can

By: Maury Roque

Introduction:

How often do we use aerosol spray cans? If your answer was often, you were wrong, as it should very well be extremely often. Aerosol spray cans are used on a day to day basis, whether its in the use of bug spray when taking your daily walk into the forest, or whether it’s shaving cream for the beard that you just noticed you had grown and you really need to get rid of. These little jewels of human creativity were first made possible in as early as the 1790’s, when self-pressurized carbonated beverages we’re developed in France. Though it was an invention, it took many individual inventors to create the aerosol spray cans we have today. From Perpigna to Robert H. Abplanalps, inventors kept improving the aerosol spray can until we finally got the clog-free, pump-mechanized, water-soluble hydrocarbon-activated cans we use today.

Discovery:

In 1837, a man by the name of Perpigna developed a container of soda that featured a valve. Bulky steel cans with valves were being tested, as early as 1862, but for the same bulkiness that was just mentioned, they could not be issued commercially as they weren’t the most convenient items to carry around. In 1899, a duo of brilliant scientists came up with a new way to propel fluids out of the can using methyl and ethyl chloride, and in 1927 a great engineer from Norway that went by the name of Eric Rotheim developed and patented the first aerosol can and valve that could hold and dispense products other than the reactors. During the later years of World War II, the Government of the United States funded scientific studies to develop a portable way for soldiers to deal with the elimination of malaria carrying. In 1943 Lyle Goodhue and William Sullivan, researchers of the Department of Agriculture, created a small aerosol can that was pressurized by fluorocarbon. It’s their design, in conjunction with the work of Robert Abplanalp, which makes products like Axe deodorant and hair spray possible. What Abplanalp’s work consisted of was the creation of a valve that enabled liquids to be sprayed from a can under the pressure of an inert gas, and this gas was first a fluorocarbon, but then became a water-soluble hydrocarbon after complaints that the fluorocarbons were depleting the ozone layer.

Biography:

Robert Abplanalp (1922– 2003) was born in New York City to Swiss immigrants. He studied mechanical engineering at Villanova University in his time before joining the army in 1943 to help out with the World War going on at the time. He’s best known for pretty much creating the spray cans we use today, and at the time of his death, he held over 300 patents relating to aerosol spray cans.


Impact on the World/Humanity:

His invention has been one of the inventions that we can imagine living without, but it does make life MUCH easier. The main uses of this invention are spray paints, a very popular choice for painting cars, instruments, city walls, and many other things, deodorant, which is heavily used by men to smell “good”, and insecticides, used to rid of those annoying bugs that bother you when out in the wilderness.

Cool video ☺ :

Shelby Carbary
Anesthesia

Introduction:
Its hard to think of what it would be like to not have anesthesia. For what today is considered minor surgery with anesthesia, would have been very major and extremely painful without the use of anesthesia. Humphry Davy was an English chemist who first discovered that nitrous oxide relieved headache and dental pain, but his report when unnoticed, but did however lead to the invention of laughing gas. This was the first step in discovering anesthesia that would allow us to perform a surgery completely pain free.

Discovery:
Like stated above laughing gas to clear headaches and block dental pain was discover by Humphry Davy by self experimentations. The first demonstration of surgical anesthesia was by Horace Wells. Wells was an American dentist who first observed the effects of nitrous oxide at a traveling medicine show. Wells attempted to perform his own dental procedure but was judged a failure because the patient struggled and screamed through the whole thing. Wells failure was observed by another dentist, William Morton, who began to experiment with ether( used as an inhalant anesthetic). In 1846, Morton demonstrated the surgical removal of a tumor in a patient who expressed nor documented any signs of pain. Later it was discovered the morphine lessened the amount of chloroform needed to produce complete anesthesia. Although people new the effects of the treatment they did not fully understand how the substance worked. For this reason anesthesia was initially ignored by well known and well established medical practitioners because they did not trust any treatment that they did not understand. Although anesthesia is not completely understood, there is one common theory. The most commonly identified theory is that general anesthetics operate directly on the central nervous system to temporarily inhibit synaptic transmission.

Types of Anesthetics
Local- numbs one small area of the body. You stay awake and alert.
Conscious or intravenous (IV) sedation- uses mild sedative to relax you and pain medicine to relieve pain. You stay awake but may not remember procedure after.
Regional anesthesia- blocks pain in an area of the body. Ex. Epidural.
General Anesthesia- affects whole body. You go to sleep and feel nothing and no memory of the procedure after.

Bibliography of Discoverer:
William Morton was born in 1819. Before going in to the study of dentistry he tried his hand as a clerk, printer, and a salesmen but found neither one satisfying. In 1840, Morton enrolled at the worlds first dental school, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery. He left without graduating but instead in 1842-43 became partners with Horace wells but ended soon there after. He then entered Harvard Medical School in 1844. He signed up, one to increase his medical knowledge but also to impress the women he loved and later married. There he attended lectures of Professor Charles Jackson from whom he first learned the properties of ether. During the presentation of former business partner Horace Wells, Morton thought of the possibility of using a stronger agent than that of Horace Wells. He talked to Professor Jackson whom scholars believe advised him to use ether. After many experiments on himself and various animals, Morton successfully performed a dental extraction in his office on Boston merchant Eben Frost. On the account of the procedure Henry Bigelow arranged MGH head surgeon John Collins Warren to stage a public performance of the revolutionary experiment.

Impact on Humanity:
Before the use of anesthesia, people were expected to suffer through the surgeries with nothing but alcohol and opiates to numb the pain. Today we are now able to perform much larger procedures pain free. Anesthesia has been able to save many peoples lives because doctors are able to go into a body and get rid of cancer causing tumors or other life threatening issues.
This also gives people the ability to have surgery without as much fear. The surgery room used to be a loud place because of the screams and moans of pain but now surgery can be performed much quicker and much more calm.

Journal Article:
Although uncommon, some people experience inadequate anesthesia. In this instance the patient may be aware of the surgery as it goes on. Preoperative sedation may reduce anxiety, and the analgesic may reduce worry, but the muscle relaxant prevents the patient from communicating that he or she is awake until after the procedure is over. Fortunately the incidence of surgical awareness is extremely low ( well under 1%). It is most common in surgeries where the standard care permits only light amounts of anesthesia to begin with.




Resources:
Anesthesia and Surgery, http://www.instituteshot.com/anesthesia_and_surgery.htm
Anesthesia,(2010) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/anesthesia.html
William Morton, http://www.general-anesthesia.com/images/william-morton.html

Artificial intelligence in video games

Collin kliewe

Introduction

Technology has been improving at an alarming rate in recent years. What we take as entertainment today was sci-fi to the people of the past few generations. For example, you know those recordable birthday cards? The chip inside is more advanced then any technology in world war 2! now we have entertainment such as video games with non-player characters (npc's) that emulate humans! In this project I will be discussing the AI in video games.

Humble beginning

The first game that really “made decisions” based on player input was the classic shoot and evade game Space invaders. Space invaders is a 2D space shooter, in japan it was so popular it caused a national coin shortage! There are two reasons (the developers say) that made space invaders so appealing, one was the music, going faster and faster it was designed to make your heart beat faster and get you nervous. The other reason was its innovative enemy behavior. Space invaders was the inspiration for Galaxian (and eventually Galaga).

AI Today

Today video game AI is much more advanced, one brand of AI in particular. First person shooter (fps) AI is by far the most advanced. In the past few years developers worked day and night to get enemies not to bump into walls, forget important things (like where the player was last seen) and to act more realistic in general.

Here is a (partial) list of what developers of non-player characters have to accomplish:

1. alertness level: is the character in a combat mindset? Are they talking to their buddy? Perhaps they are leaning against the wall outside smoking a cigarette? Are they in a warzone, or a fortress? How about Both? Are they guarding something? Do they hear gunfire? Has something suspicious happened?

2. Goal:

   a. immediate goal: find cover. Reload. Sneak up on player. Call for backup. Etc

   b. broad goal: base infiltration. Guard duty. Sniper. Ambush. Scout out ahead. Etc

3. combat: what adversary is the biggest threat to me? What enemy is the most vulnerable? Am I in the enemies line of sight? Do I need to change my immediate goal?

As you can see even the most basic of combat AI is highly complex. Not to mention realistic movement, believable reactions and of course the most difficult of all, human error.

Here is a flow chart of a simple capture the flag ai:

http://www.apartment167.com/overload/showcase/CTF4/CTF4_AI_Flowchart.jpg

Impact on world

video game ai has been utilized in many different platforms. Watson the ibm computer that competed on jeopardy uses a direct descendant of early video games.

The Gyroscope: by CJ Price

I. Introduction

The gyroscope is a spinning wheel on a movable axis or axes. It was invented in 1852 by Jean Bernard Leon Foucault, a French scientist and physicist. Having normal physical properties when stationary, the gyroscope behaves interestingly when the wheel is spun. It is used for navigational purposes and has recently been incorporated into the iPhone.

Figure 1: Three Gyroscopes Balancing On Top of Each Other

II. Invention

To invent the gyroscope, Foucault took a heavy wheel, attached it to a shaft, and spun it very quickly. After experimenting with its properties, he realized that this new invention had many practical uses. For example, navigators or travelers could use a gyroscope to "detect deviations from a straight course" (http://www.madehow.com). Also, the gyroscope could be used to help stabilize machines and monitor motors. Therefore, Foucault created devices related to his gyroscope that effectively monitored engine velocity. These devices were used in big steam engines and telescope clock-drives. For demonstrations on how a gyroscope works and how it is currently used, see the links below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cquvA_IpEsA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORcu-c-qnjg

Figure 2: Gyroscope Model

III. Inventor

Jean Bernard Leon Foucault was born on September 19, 1819, in Paris, France. He had a lot of success working as an experimental physicist. Foucault also shared many of the same scientific beliefs as Galileo. For example, they both believed that "experimentation and innovation were the best ways to accurately assess the properties of the natural world" (http://www.madehow.com). In 1852, Foucault invented the gyroscope, and he also invented the pendulum in 1851. He used the pendulum to prove that the earth rotates on its axis by performing a huge demonstration with a massive pendulum. Furthermore, he was the first man to photograph the surface of the sun, he proved that humans have binocular vision, and he amazingly measured the speed of light by using rotating mirrors in his laboratory. Jean Bernard Leon Foucault died on February 11, 1868, in France.

Figure 3: Jean Bernard Leon Foucault

IV. Impact on the World/Humanity

The gyroscope has had a surprisingly significant impact on the world; it is used on planes and even in iPhones. On airplanes, the gyroscope's position compared to the airplane's position tells the pilot how much the airplane is tilting. This is very valuable information when the pilot needs to make turns, allowing the plane's turns to be accurate and precise. Therefore, the gyroscope plays a vital role in the efficiency and safety of airplane flights. Also, the gyroscope is used to enhance the technology and capabilities of appliances such as the iPhone. Although this is not a necessary addition, it is still fun to play games, like Jenga, that seem even more realistic than before the gyroscope technology was added (see video).

V. Journal Article Review

In my journal article, a group of scientists were studying how to make a 30-gram aircraft that flies indoors and avoids obstacles and maintains altitude independently using technology involving a gyroscope. To start their experiment, they first used their technology on a rolling robot. It was able to move indoors for over forty-five minutes without crashing into any obstacles. Then, the scientists tested the actual 30-gram aircraft. It was able to fly for over four minutes without a collision. Although their design is not perfect, the group of scientists believe their general strategy will one day produce their desired results.

VI. References

Foucault -- 19th Century Physicist. (n.d.). Welcome to LoST ART. Retrieved February 20, 2011, from http://helix.gatech.edu/Classes/ME2202/2000S3/Projects/Swarner/foucault.htm

Gyroscopes - Elmer Sperry and Charles Stark Draper Gyroscopes. (n.d.). Inventors. Retrieved February 20, 2011, from http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blgyroscope.htm

Jean-Bernard-Léon Foucault Biography (1819-1868). (n.d.). How Products Are Made. Retrieved February 20, 2011, from http://www.madehow.com/inventorbios/39/Jean-Bernard-L-on-Foucault.html

Practical Management. (n.d.). Retrieved February 20, 2011, from http://www.practicalmanagementllc.com

Science Clarified. (n.d.). Retrieved February 20, 2011, from http://www.scienceclarified.com

YouTube - Gyroscope. (n.d.). YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Retrieved February 20, 2011, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cquvA_IpEsA

YouTube - iPhone 4's new gyroscope. (n.d.). YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Retrieved February 20, 2011, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORcu-c-qnjg

Zufferey, J., & Floreano, D. (n.d.). Toward 30-gram Autonomous Indoor Aircraft: Vision-based Obstacle Avoidance and Altitude Control.

Progeria - Donato DiNorcia

I. Introduction
Progeria was first described in 1886 by Jonathan Hutchinson and also described independently in 1897 by Hastings Gilford. The rare condition was later named Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria syndrome (HGPS). Progeria is an extremely rare condition in which aging is accelerated. Some symptoms other than the accelerated aging include: Limited growth, alopecia, and as the child gets older, their appearance changes (they tend to have a small face and jaw, pinched nose). People usually have small and very fragile bodies, like an older person and, later in life, they develop wrinkly skin, atherosclerosis (which is a condition that an artery wall thickens as the result of a build-up of fatty materials such as cholesterol, which causes heart complications), and cardiovascular problems. Progeria is a very unfortunate disorder that affects 1 in every 4 million people. For the most part, also, you live to be approximately 13 years old (even though there have been a few exceptions to that) and, to add to the sadness, there is not treatment for progeria.

II. Causes of progeria
Progeria is caused by a mutation in the LMNA gene, replacing cytosine with thymine, which then creates an unstable form of the protein Lamin A. Lamin A is part of the building blocks of the nuclear envelope. Progeria is not caused by defective DNA repair, (like many other “age affecting” disorders) Progeria is diagnosed pretty much according to the signs and symptoms. Progeria is NOT inherited. It is considered to be an autosomal dominant condition, which means, in each cell, one copy of the mutated gene is sufficient to cause the disorder. The condition results from new mutations in the LMNA gene, and almost always occurs in people with no history of the disorder in their family.


III. Symptoms
• A pinched nose
• Cardiovascular diseases
• Tumor formation
• Small jaw
• Loss of hair (alopecia)
• Scaly skin
• Voice is high pitched
• Wide eyed
• Beak shaped nose
• Head enlargement
• Diabetic
• Generalized atherosclerosis
• Thin skin
• Short in height
• Wrinkled skin on face
• Tooth formation is delayed
• Mentally stable, but physical differences
• Motion is limited
• Osteoarthritis
• Stiff joints
• Eyelashes and eyebrows are close to absent
• Narrow face
• Growth failure usually takes place during the first year of being born
• Veins visible on scalp
• Age spots
• Ears stick out
• Cataract
*List taken from-- http://www.buzzle.com/articles/progeria-facts.html

IV. What makes progeria so… “bad”?

• The average person who has progeria usually live to the age of 13 but the life span of some can reach 20 years. In Japan though, there was one exception, a man with progeria lived to be 45, (more than double the average person diagnosed with progeria).
• A person with progeria ages 7 times faster than any other person.
• People usually start to show signs of progeria (aging) by the age of 18 months.
• It is estimated that 80% of Progeria deaths are caused by congestive heart failure or heart attacks.
• There are 45 known cases of progeria in the world.
• Most people diagnosed with progeria do not develop cancer.
• Cells that are considered “unstable” lead to progeria
• Supplements for people with progeria include: ensure, boost, enlive, pediasure.
• Most people have to go to physical therapy 2 or 3 times a week to keep in good enough shape for everyday work.
• The saddest part about progeria is that a person at the age of 10 has the mental age of a 10 year old but the body of an old person.


V. Journal Article Review - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1121/
Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome
In the article “Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome” it is said that “Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS, progeria) is characterized by clinical features that develop in childhood and resemble some features of accelerated aging.” Most symptoms vary in age according to the person, yet, for the most part, they are very consistent. A child born with progeria usually has a normal appearance at birth. Then, in about a year, the person begins to experience extreme difficulty to thrive. Then the child’s facial features begin to change and usually by the 3rd year, they lose their hair. It also states that death is usually caused by either a heart attack or a stroke. Death occurs usually betweens the age 6 and 20 with an average of 13. (This article basically “backs up” the rest of this blog.)

More On Progeria:
Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCSzysu_flY – This is an awesome video of the life of a kid with progeria!!
Sources:
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