Brain Death without Definitions

In defense of whole-brain definitions of death.

Definitions of death: brain death and what matters in a person

Death without caspases, caspases without death.

Apoptosis is a conserved cell-death process displaying characteristic morphological and molecular changes including activation of caspase proteases. Recent work challenges the accepted roles of these proteases. New investigations in mice and the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans suggest that there could be caspase-independent pathways leading to cell death. In addition, another type of cell death...

brain death

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Bereavement without a death.

When I was a kid I wanted to be the kind of person who can crash land in the desert and walk for days to safety; the loyal adventurer who won’t give up searching the mountains for a friend even when everyone else is exhausted. Then I got a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes. Life with type 1 is manageable, but it’s hard work to be adventurous and it’s impossible to be completely spontaneous. If I wer...