{"id":324754,"date":"2026-03-10T15:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/28-year-old-man-donates-part-of-his-brain-for-research\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T15:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:00:12","slug":"28-year-old-man-donates-part-of-his-brain-for-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/28-year-old-man-donates-part-of-his-brain-for-research\/","title":{"rendered":"28-year-old man donates part of his brain for research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/fMzr-tuR1UI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"28-year-old man donates part of his brain for research\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fMzr-tuR1UI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>For the first time, researchers have been able to study how a living brain interacts with Alzheimer\u2019s proteins in real time &#8212; and how parts of the brain are lost to the disease. 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