In each of these cases, doctors declared children brain dead, but they did so with minimal professional guidance, leaving their diagnoses subject to criticism from all sides.

The World Brain Death Project also proposed international guidelines recently, saying ancillary tests like CT perfusion and CT angiography needed further study.. Chassé and colleagues studied 282 ...

The guidelines insist that only one brain death exam is necessary for adults. I think with children, they're still waffling a little bit. You still need two, just to be sure.

CRISPR-edited pig liver from eGenesis passes first test in brain-dead human, researchers say. By Megan Molteni Jan. 18, 2024. Reprints. A gene-edited Yucatan minipig created by eGenesis.

The test to declare someone brain dead in the UK is under review, Sky News can confirm. Medics and ethicists at the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AMRC) ...

This article was originally featured on Undark. When the Philadelphia-based company Bioquark announced a plan in 2016 to regenerate neurons in brain-dead people, their proposal elicited skepticism ...

I watched as the lead neurologist went through the steps of the brain death exam that by now have grown familiar. He shined a light in her eyes. Her pupils did not react.

Gene-edited pig kidney transplanted into brain-dead patient 1 month ago is still functioning, doctors say. Doctors say it could lead to more animal-human transplants in the future.

Causes of brain injury included hemorrhagic stroke in 53% of patients, anoxic brain injury in 21%, traumatic brain injury in 14%, ischemic stroke in 5%, infection in 1%, and tumor in 0.4%.