Brain donation urged by Cardiff dementia research centre

Source: BBC News

Older people in Wales are being urged to think about donating their brains after they die to help scientists researching dementia.

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Researchers at Cardiff University are not actively recruiting at the moment but are still keen to hear from people aged over 85 without a diagnosis.

While they also recruit donors with dementia as healthy brains are needed for comparisons.

Donor Ken Baxter, 75, said: “When I’m finished, it isn’t any use to me.”

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  1. Brain donation? sounds interesting. Will the new person then have the memory of the donor? let’s wait and see …

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