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Monday, November 11, 2002German scientists secretly removed the brain of one of Europe's most infamous terrorists to look for a "terrorism gene". The brain of urban guerilla Ulrike Meinhof, who committed suicide in jail, has been found in a jar at a German university after years of investigation by her daughter, Bettina Rohl. They didn't find a gene for terrorism, but they did find she had a brain tumor whose removal caused her personality to change radically. The greater question, though, is why the Germans felt they had the right to take anyone's brain, even if they were a dead criminal. Haven't they learned anything about medical ethics since 1945? posted by Sydney on 11/11/2002 07:20:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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