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Life Sciences
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Written by xScience.Info
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Tuesday, 12 September 2006 |
 On 8th September 2006, the journal Science published a paper showing
how MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) had revealed how a patient in a vegetative state seemed capable
of understanding and responding to certain commands. Mass media
attention ensued, triggering an important debate regarding how medicine
should or should not treat such patients given that this particular
patient was apparently conscious yet outwardly unconscious and
unresponsive.
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