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President Obama Launches the “BRAIN” Initiative

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Today in the East Room of the White House, President Obama launched the Administration’s BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative—a bold new research effort to unlock mysteries of the human mind and advance the President’s vision for creating jobs and building a thriving middle class by investing in R&D and Innovation.
President Barack Obama is introduced by Dr. Francis Collins

President Barack Obama is introduced by Dr. Francis Collins, Director, National Institutes of Health, at the BRAIN Initiative event in the East Room of the White House, April 2, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

Today in the East Room of the White House, President Obama launched the Administration’s BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative—a bold new research effort to unlock mysteries of the human mind and advance the President’s vision for creating jobs and building a thriving middle class by investing in R&D and Innovation.

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