Doctors never expected Alex Simpson to survive long after birth. Diagnosed with hydranencephaly — a rare condition in which ...

A YOUNG woman born without a brain has just celebrated her 20th birthday, marking a milestone doctors said could never happen. Alex Simpson of Omaha, Nebraska, was born with a rare and devastating ...

A Nebraska woman born without a brain just celebrated her 20th birthday — and is defying the odds. Alex Simpson of Omaha was born with a rare condition known as hydranencephaly, according to her ...

At just two months old, doctors warned Alex Simpson’s parents that their daughter might not live to see her first birthday.

When Alex Simpson came into the world, doctors didn’t believe she would live more than a few years. Born with hydranencephaly ...

Some babies are born with early blindness due to dense bilateral congenital cataracts, requiring surgery to restore their ...

Doctors told her parents she wasn't expected to survive past age 4, but a Nebraska woman born without cerebral hemispheres celebrated her 20th birthday last week. Alex Simpson was diagnosed with ...

Alex Simpson of Omaha, Nebraska, was born with a rare condition known as hydranencephaly. Doctors believed she would not live beyond four years - but she is battling on ...

New research using human brain organoids shows that early neural activity follows structured, time-based patterns long before sensory experience begins.