A freezer malfunction at Harvard-affiliated
McLean Hospital has severely damaged one-third of the world’s largest collection of autism brain samples, potentially setting back research on
the disorder by years, scientists say.
An official at the renowned brain bank in
Belmont discovered that the freezer had shut down in late May, without
triggering two alarms. Inside, they found 150 thawed brains that had
turned dark from decay; about a third of them were part of a collection
of autism brains.
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