In the U.S., scientists are keeping human brains “alive” outside the body to test drugs for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, and it’s reigniting the debate nobody wants ...

Scientists are using postmortem human brains to test new drugs. Discover how this breakthrough is changing medicine and ...
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Startup Testing Drugs on Freshly Extracted Human Brains That Are Kept On Life Support

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Long Island Press

Farmingdale mother sues NUMC, says son is still alive

A Nassau County Supreme Court judge granted an emergency order that temporarily blocked Nassau University Medical Center from conducting brain death testing on Anthony Gestone, a 23-year-old ...
AOL

Kansas mom's story reveals flaws in hospital brain death testing

It was Dec. 9, 2024, when my 22-year-old son put a loaded 9mm to his head and pulled the trigger twice. Paramedics said that his heartbeat was strong, but it did not look good, and as a retired ...
EurekAlert!

Mannequin, trained actors help physicians learn to diagnose and communicate brain death

MAYWOOD, IL - One of the most difficult skills a neurologist must learn is how to diagnosis brain death and communicate the bad news to family members. A Loyola Medicine study has found that two ...