http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/9/26/1424/27270 When Jesse Smith died of heart failure in 2003, his mother, Nancy Adams, was asked by <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.stanleyresearch.org/dnn/">Stanley Medical Research Institute</a> (SMRI) if it could take some of her son's brain tissue for a medical study.  The 21-year-old Snoqualmie, Washington man was listed as an organ donor on his drivers license but his mother was sure only a piece of Smith's brain would be harvested.  When she found that Jesse's entire brain was removed, grief over the en-us Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:27:20 EST Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:04:29 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/9/26/1424/27270#3 The reason why the whole brain was taken, rather than just a sample, was because it is easier to determine which part of the brain they want to take their sample from, if they have the whole thing.  In that sense, this could have just been a misunders Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:04:29 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/9/26/1424/27270#2 But his name was A.B. Normal. Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:25:27 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/9/26/1424/27270#1 Maybe they should tighten up their <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.movieactors.com/characters/Freezes-Characters/youngfrank64.jpeg">hiring practices</a> Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:18:49 EST string http://www.treesandthings.com/search/