On April 2nd in the East Room of the White House, President Obama announced the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative
Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative. He began his remarks by emphasizing the importance of scientific research and innovation
and how the resulting technology and knowledge have contributed to our country’s economic growth and changed our lives. Computer
chips, GPS, the Internet and the human genome were a few of the examples that he gave. The BRAIN initiative, and President
Obama’s concept of this as “one of the Administration’s Grand Challenges of the 21st century,” presents an extraordinary opportunity
for the neuroscience community and for patients with brain disorders. There is no accurate accounting for the toll that brain
diseases exact but estimates are that more than 1000 brain disorders affect 100 million Americans and that the cost exceeds
$5 billion. Read More ...
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