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Brain Electrodes Help Injured Man To Speak Again
An anonymous reader writes "A man beaten and left for dead has recovered the power of speech thanks to the use of electrodes to stimulate brain activity. 'Experts called the results encouraging but cautioned that the experimental treatment must be tried in more patients before its value can be assessed. The researchers are already proceeding with a larger study. Before the electrodes were implanted, the man was in what doctors call a "minimally conscious state." That means he showed only occasional awareness of himself and his environment. In a coma or vegetative state, by contrast, patients show no outward signs of awareness.'"
But I still think we should sterilzise them. Otherwise we're weakening the genome. They'd just die in the wild anyway.
He should be executed for being an asshole.
Basically, he pulled the plug on her while he's out knocking up some other chick. Meanwhile, her parents were willing to pay for the life support on their own nickle. But no, her ex-husband gets legal athority over her own flesh and blood parents. How fucked up is that?!!
Life is not for the lazy.
Well, said, doktor Mengele. Sieg Heil!
"Minimally conscious state" = most Republicans.