Why nuns are donating their brains

Nuns at the Mankato, Minn. based Sisters of Notre Dame are an integral part of a study taking place at the University of Minnesota is helping to uncover Alzheimer's. In this partnership, researchers study nuns during their lifetime and the nuns donate their brains to science to be studied. This research could open up new possibilities in discovering the causes of Alzheimer's.

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[anderseb2007]

What do nuns have to do with alzheimers?

[pizzelle4u]

Liberal feminist nuns..Put your habits back on or get out!

[Violetrn76]

they are a good control group for science experiments....- dont smoke, don't drink, eat the same things etc etc ....

[anderseb2007]

Maybe I should... they could use an atheist in there to help them have a more balanced experimental group.

[faunava]

If you can't figure it out maybe you need to be evaluated since your verbal skills; e.g auditory (listening) and visual are seriously diminished.

[patsssss]

They get alzheimers just like other people and are concerned about it - just like other people.

[blinking801]

Great contribution oh yes I agree now we will finally get to the root causes of sadism.

[Bottledcan]

Nifty!

[BboyJovi]

lol that sarcasm is too confusing.

[RadicalNoran]

wow dude 0_o you need sarcasm lessons