Docs cut Janine's brain in two.

Sunderland Echo (Pennywell, England) | December 13, 2007 | Copyright

Surgeons have divided a Sunderland girl's brain in two to save her from a rare disease.

From the age of seven, Janine Leach's life was plagued by epileptic fits, at one point having 100 seizures a day.

The youngster, of Farringdon, was 11 when doctors discovered she had a deadly disorder, Rasmussen's Encephalitis, eating away at her brain.

Experts said the only cure for Janine, now 15, was a high-risk operation, to cut away the diseased half of her brain, which could leave her permanently disabled.

However, rather than remove it, surgeons ...

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