a book was written called common struggle. let s listen to what he said about the fact people don t want to talk about this. just listen. all of the previous tragedies including this basically have the same denominator. no one said a word. sure, people talked but they didn t do anything. they were afraid. they didn t know what to do. it s striking that we know these are physical illnesses, but we still ascribe shame to them. how do we open this up as americans? we don t really address them as the problems they are. a lot of the shame is there are places for people and quite frankly, too many times it s approach with the police. our prisons are filled with people who have mental illness and homeless shelters are and unfortunately our morgues are. we need to address it directly and that means understanding severe mental illness is a brain disease as is al timers and
had to be sliced open to get an inside view. reporter: so you lose something by taking it apart? you do. this technology called clarity is a way to see through the brain without taking it apart. reporter: with the brian fully intact scientists can study it more thoroughly. to look inside the brain like this and look at all those various pathways that we ve speculated on for years to see them actually come to life, it s it s fascinating. reporter: the process involving submerging a whole in tact brain into a solution called hydro gel that makes it easier to extract lipids or fats. by getting the unprecedented view of the human brain the doctor and his team hope it will lead to an unprecedented understanding of diseases like al timers and parkinsons.