Belgian neurologist wins EUR1m prize for work on serious brain trauma
(The Guardian Belgium)

Generet prize will fund more trials by Steven Laureys to help written-off `vegetative´ patientsA pioneering Belgian neurologist has been awarded EUR1m to fund further work in helping diagnose the most severe brain injuries, as he seeks to battle `the silent epidemic` and help people written off as `vegetative` who, it is believed, will never recover.Steven Laureys, head of the coma science group at Liège University hospital, plans to use the £850,000 award - larger than the Nobel prize - to improve the diagnosis of coma survivors labelled as being in a `persistent vegetative state`. Related: Experience: I woke up from a coma speaking French Continue reading...