Parkinson’s Researchers Needs Brains
April 23, 2009 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Across the Pond, Announcements, Event, Health
To mark Parkinson’s Awareness Week (April 20-26th) in the United Kingdom (England, Wales, and Scotland) the Parkinson’s Disease Society has launched a nationwide appeal to get people to pledge to donate their brains for Parkinson’s research.
Wanted: A Few Good Brains
Seems that they are running a little low on this organ and without it, are unable to pursue necessary research to help advance Parkinson’s Disease treatments and maybe even find a cure.
But getting people to donate their brains isn’t as easy as getting them to donate other organs. A survey recently commissioned by the Parkinson’s Disease Society has shown that while over 60% are comfortable with donating a heart or a kidney, only 7% are comfortable with donating a brain.
It’s hoped that this brain donation appeal will change that, by bringing out into the open what happens to the donated brains.
Take a trip to the Parkinson’s Brain Bank facility with Jane Asher, actress and president of the London-based Parkinson’s Disease Society, and see what they do…
(image from sxc.hu)
