CLEVELAND — Had Terri Schiavo lived another 28 months, the latest medical breakthrough may have bolstered the hopes of those who defended her life.
A group of surgeons have restored the consciousness of a man who was in a coma-like “minimally conscious state” for six years, unable to feed himself or communicate. An article in the scientific journal Nature describes the work of a research team — led by Dr. Ali Rezai, director of the Center for Neurological Restoration at the Cleveland Clinic.
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As he prepared for today's oral argument, Eisenberg also called the Al-Haramain case the most difficult of his 27-year legal career, which has included numerous arguments before the California Supreme Court. Eisenberg is the author of "The Right vs. the Right to Die," a nonfiction account of the Terri Schiavo case, in which he helped represent her husband, Michael Schiavo.
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