Half of a Brain?

So for you science buffs out there and future healthcare professionals, here is an interesting article on a girl with half of a brain who is perfectly functional. I didn't expect this to be my first post but I think the human body is amazing in its ability to adapt, evolve, and heal. Take a look...the link to the article is at the bottom.

Girl Sees Fine With Half a Brain

By LiveScience Staff

posted: 27 July 2009 10:11 am ET

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An MRI scan of the German girl's brain, clearly showing that she has only one brain hemisphere. Credit: The University of Glasgow

A 10-year-old girl from Germany has had quite a normal life despite the fact that she was born with only half her brain. Even more surprising, she has almost perfect vision in one of her eyes.

Now, scientists have figured out why. The girl's brain rewired itself — likely in the womb — so that it's able to process information from both the right and left fields of vision even though she is missing the right brain hemisphere, which failed to develop while she was in the womb.

The child's case is the only one of its kind known in the world, researchers said.

http://www.livescience.com/health/090727-one-eye-vision.html