The definition of death is surprisingly slippery. Before the 1950s someone was usually considered dead if their heart had stopped pumping and they’d ceased to breathe on their own. But in 1968, a ...

The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has issued a position statement calling on US lawmakers to require a uniform definition of brain death. "The AAN believes that a specific, uniform standard for ...

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and a key Catholic bioethics group are both warning of a potential rewriting of U.S. law to broaden the definition of brain death, a revision ...

After surveying the views expressed by 41 advocacy, medical, and transplant-focused organizations on the Uniform Determination of Death Act, a brain injury expert is calling for much-needed reforms to ...

Neurodevelopment involves the brain's formation of systems responsible for learning, memory, social skills, and overall function. Critical neurodevelopmental processes such as neurogenesis, synaptic ...

When does the brain die? While the concept of brain death has been widely accepted by medical professionals since the late-1960s, significant questions about its precise nature still remain. The ...