Libraries of Flesh: The Sorry State of Human Tissue Storage | Magazine

Of all the forms of woe that take root in the human genome, the cancer called Glioblastoma multiforme is one of the most merciless. It can infiltrate the brain's white matter for months before causing any symptoms. By the time memory loss and seizures reveal the presence of an invader, there's often little to do but minimize the patient's suffering. Most who are diagnosed with the disease—people like the late senator Edward Kennedy—are dead within two years.