Page 33 - Brain Tissue News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Found it was more than just blood. it was tissue. this was identified as human. and the sample had both small granular cells and larger purkinje cells. this meant only one thing. this was muscle. but they wanted a second opinion. >> so they sent this tissue to a fellow named mike collin who is a neuropathologist in ohio. he looked at it and said, yeah, it's mammal and it's cerebellum. it's the brain stem. >> the cerebellum sits at the base of the brain and is primarily responsible for memory and motor movement. since the cerebellum controls the heart muscle, no human can survive without it. a ...

Testing since it was about the size of a pinhead. so scientists amplified it, using pcr, a process that duplicates a small sample to make it large enough to test. the pcr dna tests revealed that the brain tissue in larry moore's camper was brad brisbin's. >> i knew it was going to be a match. this confirmation that the blood matched was huge. i never felt anything like that before. >> with this discovery, the medical examiner ruled brad brisbin's death a homicide. larry moore was arrested and charged with murder. but prosecutors knew their case would be difficult to prove without a body. they ...

>> we can help you to determine whether this tissue is from the missing person by comparing the dna from the tissue to the family members and the children and the mother of the person who is missing. >> children get half of their dna from the mother and half from the father. by taking a dna sample from brad's wife, his four children and his mother, scientists could isolate brad's dna profile through a process of elimination. for this, scientists used an rflp test. at the time the most sophisticated dna test available. >> whose ever tissue sample that was was completely consistent with being th...

>> brad was on the floor when moore shot from a standing position numerous times. one shot hit brad's shoulder, leaving a piece of muscle. another struck brad in the head. no one heard the shots because it was a busy truck stop with lots of traffic. authorities had no way to tell where moore took the body. >> he knows he's got equipment in west yellowstone. he owns an excavating company, so he owns backhoes, that kind of thing, so he could get rid of a body pretty easy. >> prosecutors believe moore steam cleaned the camper and got rid of the cot to hide the forensic evidence. but the brain tis...

Good morning good morning. i'm t.j. holmes. >> i'm reena ninan. here are some of the top headlines we're following. president obama wrapping up his china visit with an announcement that the u.s. will move much fastener cutting pollution. the chinese president says his country will decrease its dependence on fossil fuels. a report from beijing coming up. ferguson, missouri, is bracing for the grand jury decision on whether officer darren wilson will be charged in the death of michael brown. the governor says the national guard may be called out again if needed. new details about the tragi...