Did you know the State of Florida has a Brain Bank with > 1000 specimens. (I have no idea how many MORE than 1000 specimens they have.)
Gulp...
here goes...
Who has Terri's brain been promised to? Who gets Terri's brain before her estranged-husband has her body cremated....The State of Florida? Case Western? Somebody else?
QUANTITY OF STORED TISSUE SAMPLES IN THE UNITED STATES, here are two excerpts
Case Western Reserve Alzheimer’s Center [# of specimens] 554Florida Brain BankState of Florida Brain Bank [# of specimens] >1,000
The Florida Brain Bank conducts analysis of postmortem brains clinically diagnosed with dementia. The clinics provide services to person suspected of having Alzheimer's disease or other related dementia. Services include accepting referrals from all respite and Model Day Care service providers and conducting subsequent diagnostic workups for all referred consumers and the general public within the Memory Disorder Clinic's designated service area. The Florida Brain Bank is located in Miami Beach, Florida. Contact information is provided below.Nice, smooth arrangement between the brain bank and the clinic, I'll bet ...The FL brain bank takes care of you and maybe you will give them your brain. This is all right in theory, but is there enough oversight?Brain Bank
Mount Sinai Medical Center
4300 Alton Road
Miami Beach, Fl 33140-2849
305-674-2543
I wonder if the State of Florida Brain Bank uses that program that Florida Suncoast Hospice has developed...The program that helps medical personnel who are not at the hospital/hospice keep track of their patients who are in the hospital/hospice.