21Jun 2026 by Post

Covert Consciousness Poses Bioethical Dilemmas

Adrian Owen, bioethics, brain damage, brain injury, Brian Edlow, car accident, Columbia University, covert consciousness, doctors, fMRI machine, Harvard Medicine, hidden awareness, ICU, Medicine, Michael Egnor, Michael Young, Molly McDonough, Neuralink, patients, Science (journal), treatment, vegetative state
A great deal of work is needed in clinical studies to provide a large enough database to help guide treatment decisions. Source
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14Jun 2025 by Post

Dr. Michael Egnor on His Own Spiritual Journey

Atheism, brain, brain damage, brain operations, chapel, Faith & Science, family crisis, human beings, human soul, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Medicine, mind, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, neurosurgeons, patients, Podcast, soul, The Immortal Mind, Worthy Books
His personal story, including a profound experience in a hospital chapel during a family crisis, became a turning point that challenged his atheism. Source
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29Jul 2024 by Post

Pig Brains Thought Dead May Be Revived

Andre Sousa, bioethics, brain damage, brains, circulation, death, emergency room, Lucid Dying, Medicine, Nature (journal), Nenad Sestan, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, nutrients, oxygen, oxygenation, pigs, resuscitation, Sam Parnia, Scientific American, Yale University
Pigs are considered useful biomedical models for humans so the implications of such studies sent waves through the field of resuscitation — and bioethics. Source
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