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 E-Mail IMAGE: (Left) MRI scanners, like the one pictured at RIKEN Center for Brain Science, can be used to non-invasively map the brain by analyzing the diffusion of water molecules. (Right) The... view more  Credit: (Left) Junichi Hata and Hideyuki Okano, from the RIKEN Center for Brain Science. (Right) Figure was created using The MRtrix viewer 3.0.1. Scientists in Japan's brain science project have used machine intelligence to improve the accuracy and reliability of a powerful brain-mapping technique, a new study reports. Their development, published on December 18th in Scienti...

That it can be beaten. so, this devotes $1 billion to that. the brain mapping he mentioned to cure alzheimer's, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury. and even in the controversy, which is probably the most controversial part of this bill, the fda drug development reform, which some people say it makes too many concessions to pharmaceutical companies. there was concern by people like bernie sanders and elizabeth warren. there is, no doubt, there is a belief that there are things that can be put into place to get drugs to market more quickly. the senate voted on this 94-5. the house passed it 392-26...

>> well, i'm taken back david in the 21st century that we know so little about the brain. so i think the president's initiative with respect to brain mapping is critical. i'm involved in a research effort at nyu to look at the ability to determine biomarkers, voice patterns, blood measurements that would indicate both post traumatic stress and tbi as a problem. so this really is a national resource issue. one that again, i'm surprised we know so little about in the 21st century and i think we need to do a lot more to try to understand the brain and how these injuries affect our young people wh...

Not have. is this a resource issue? is this ultimately going to be the veterans administration, elsewhere in the government, the pentagon, spending more dollars to be able to put their arms around our returning veterans? >> well, i'm taken back, david, in the 21st century that we know so little about the brain. so i think the president's initiative with respect to brain mapping is critical. i'm involved in a research effort at nyu to look at the ability to determine biomarkers, voice patterns, blood measurements that would indicate both posttraumatic stress and tbi as a problem. so this really...