"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." About five years ago, Yale School of Medicine neuroscientist Zvonimir Vrselja, Ph.D., and his colleagues ...

We’ve always thought of death, especially brain death, as a hard line. Once it happens, that’s it, right? But some new, really interesting research is making scientists rethink that. They’ve been ...

Ms. Mutcherson is a professor at Rutgers Law School. Right now in an Atlanta hospital room lies a 30-year-old nurse and mother, Adriana Smith. Ms. Smith, who is brain-dead, has been connected to life ...

When it comes to medical breakthroughs, “reviving the dead” would be pretty high on the list - though it hasn’t happened quite yet. Yahoo News reports that the neuroscientists at the Yale School of ...

Yale School of Medicine researchers led by Dr. Zvonimir Vrselja have transformed our understanding of brain death through an innovative experiment involving pig brains. Their work challenges long-held ...