The Nuns' Story

[MJK]

Friday 24th March 11 am on Radio 4

More than a thousand members of religious orders in the United States have volunteered to take part in a remarkable experiment that will mean their brains will be donated to science after their deaths, to help unlock the mysteries of Alzheimer's Disease.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/pip/3jihh

Looks like it might be interesting.

 

[noelphobic]

If you go to this thread

http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/TalkingPoint/Discuss/showthread.php?t=3072

There is more info about it. I probably posted in the wrong place!

 

[May]

I think the study arose out of work started in 1986 by David Snowden, I read a book by him called 'Aging with Grace' about a nun's community who had allowed him to study their lives.