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Outlook: NFL star to give his brain to science

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25/02/2013

NFL star to give his brain to science

BBC World Service - Outlook, NFL star to give his brain to science

US football star Thomas Jones supports research into effects of  repeated head injuries.

Lucy Ash talks to Thomas Jones he NFL star who will donate his brain to scientists researching a form of brain damage that has affected many American football players.

Thomas Jones was a star of the NFL, the American Football league. He retired last year after a career that saw him play for the Chicago Bears and the New York Jets and feature in the 2007 Super Bowl. Now he's producing a television series that looks at the dark side of the sport, a form of brain damage that has affected a number of players. Thomas has arranged for his own brain to be donated on his death to scientists investigating the condition.

Also Lucy Ash speaks to Hania Moheeb - the Egyptian woman who refuses to be silenced after suffering a brutal attack in Cairo's Tahrir Square tells us about her ordeal. Earlier this year, Hania was snatched by a group of men who tore her clothes and sexually molested her, then even tried to get into the ambulance with her. 

Picture: Former running back for the Kansas City Chiefs Thomas Jones (left) is about to be about to be tackled by a Tennessee Titans player.

Picture credit: Jamie Squires/Getty Images

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