The Nun Study update

Nuns leave their brains to science
Beaufort Gazette: 21 December 2007
When Sister Kathleen Treanor's soul ascends to heaven, her brain will go to a less ethereal realm: a medical lab in Kentucky. Two decades ago, Sister Treanor and 677 other members of the School Sisters of Notre Dame granted a young researcher's request to test them each year in order to track the progression of Alzheimer's disease and other age-related brain disorders…. > full story

Related resources:

• Website: The Nun Study
• Photo essay: The Nun Study
• Past story: The Nun Study (Time: 6 May 2001)
• Book: Aging with Grace