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The medical mystery behind rare condition that causes slowed-down aging

THIS 43-minute documentary about two individuals who suffer from a condition that seems to prevent them from aging.

GABBY Williams is six but is no bigger than a newborn.

Nicky Freeman is 40 but has the body of a 10-year-old.

Both mysteriously age one year for every four and doctors have no idea why.

Gabby Williams’ condition has left her in a toddler’s body, blind and unable to speak.
Gabby Williams’ condition has left her in a toddler’s body, blind and unable to speak.

Both were thought to be unique but now they’re being brought together by a doctor in Florida searching for the truth behind their conditions.

Will the two families at last find the answers they’ve been searching for?

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