The Washington
Post, reported that “President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed an effort
to map the brain’s activity in unprecedented detail, as a step toward finding
better ways to treat such conditions as Alzheimer’s, autism, stroke and
traumatic brain injuries.”
Here’s
a link to the youtube.com video of the announcement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95cdJE6_oYg
While
I have a vested interest, I applaud this proposal. Given the impending tsunami
of Alzheimer cases that will start crashing down on us boomers, any research that
helps ameliorate the issues will be, in my opinion, of great value to everybody
regardless of nationality or age.
The article reports that “Obama said the so-called BRAIN Initiative could create jobs,
and told scientists gathered in the White House’s East Room that the research
has the potential to improve the lives of billions of people worldwide.”
The
article goes on to say that “BRAIN stands for Brain Research through Advancing
Innovative Neurotechnologies. The idea, which Obama first proposed in his State
of the Union address, would require the development of new technology that can
record the electrical activity of individual cells and complex neural circuits
in the brain “at the speed of thought,” the White House said.”
Here’s
a link to the youtube.com video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95cdJE6_oYg
And
here’s a link to Wilson’s article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/official-obama-to-announce-brain-mapping-project-that-could-help-alzheimers-other-diseases/2013/04/02/f2d891a8-9b89-11e2-9219-51eb8387e8f1_story.html?hpid=z3
My only concern? That the BRAIN project maps the right brain. For example, my brain probably isn't going to help modern science very much. Why? Read this previous blog posting: http://johnstumor.blogspot.com/2012/01/igor-i-need-new-brain.html
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