Obama to propose $100M brain mapping project





“Every dollar we invested to map the human genome returned $140 to our economy. Every dollar,” Obama said in the address to Congress in February. “Today, our scientists are mapping the human brain to unlock the answers to Alzheimer’s.”


A White House statement said Obama would announce the brain research project, known as BRAIN, intended to “revolutionize our understanding of the human mind,” as well as create jobs.

Obama’s top science advisers would elaborate on the project’s details later Tuesday, the White House statement said.

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