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On 21 Mar 2004 at 9:30, Joao Carvalho wrote: > Some babies are born without brain after being "living" in the uterus > of the mother for many months. So I wonder if one should consider in > these cases that we are dealing with "human beings" or just an > aggregate of human cells. Best, Joao Carvalho Salvador,Bahia,Brazil Good question, Joao. Such babies, called "anencephalic" have a brain stem (otherwise they could not survive at all), but no "higher" brain. Almost all of them die quickly after birth. I don't know how to "classify" such babies; they are made of human tissue, but are they "human"? Best, Bob ********************************************** Robert A. Fink, M. D., F.A.C.S., P. C. 2500 Milvia Street Suite 222 Berkeley, California 94704-2636 Telephone: 510-849-2555 FAX: 510-849-2557 WWW: http://www.rafink.com/ mailto:[log in to unmask] "Ex Tristitia Virtus" ********************************************* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn