Paxman joins brain donor list
Evening Standard12 April 2012
CELEBRITIES including Jeremy Paxman and Jane Asher have pledged to donate their brains after death to help find a cure for Parkinson's disease.
About 1,000 people have already joined a donor register run by the Parkinson's Disease Society but the charity hopes to double this number by the end of the year.
About one in 500 people is affected by the condition. Those with it are encouraged to donate but experts also need brains from healthy people so they can compare findings. The society runs a brain bank at Hammersmith Hospital.
