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    Apr 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Obama outlines private-public project to study the brain

    Making good on a promise first hinted at during his State of the Union speech in February, President Obama on Tuesday unveiled the broad outlines of a scientific initiative aimed at mapping the human brain. The project's ambitious goals include understanding how the brain forms memories and controls human behavior; how it becomes damaged by conditions such as Parkinson's disease and autism; and how it can be repaired when afflicted by Alzheimer's disease, post-traumatic stress disorder and other illnesses.
    Making good on a promise first hinted at during his State of the Union speech in February, President Obama on Tuesday unveiled the broad outlines of a scientific initiative aimed at mapping the human brain. The project's ambitious goals include...

    Tags: Defense, U.S. Department of Defense, Parkinson's Disease, U.S. Congress, National Government

    2. Apr 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Obama's BRAIN Initiative to cost far less than Human Genome Project

    President Obama’s brain-mapping initiative, for which he has proposed $110 million in federal funding for 2014, will focus how on how the brain is affected by conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, schizophrenia and autism; how it produces memories and programs human behavior; and what treatments could lead to cures for post-traumatic stress disorder, Alzheimer’s disease and other neuropsychiatric afflictions.
    President Obama’s brain-mapping initiative, for which he has proposed $110 million in federal funding for 2014, will focus how on how the brain is affected by conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, schizophrenia and autism; how it produces...

    Tags: Research, Schizophrenia, State of the Union Address, Autism, Behavioral Conditions

    3. Jun 3, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Southern California Close-Ups: San Diego, Coronado and La Jolla

    San Diego could be improved. If the county had 75 miles of beaches instead of 70. If the Padres won a World Series or the Chargers won a Super Bowl. Or if the municipal sloganeers dropped "America's finest city" in favor of "You stay classy, San Diego."
    San Diego could be improved. If the county had 75 miles of beaches instead of 70. If the Padres won a World Series or the Chargers won a Super Bowl. Or if the municipal sloganeers dropped "America's finest city" in favor of "You stay classy, San Diego."...

    Tags: Los Angeles Dodgers, Hamburgers, Human Interest, YouTube, Animal

    4. Oct 17, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  4. Research firm reaped stem cell funds despite panel's advice

    StemCells Inc. has a history not much different from those of dozens, even hundreds, of biotech companies all around California.
    StemCells Inc. has a history not much different from those of dozens, even hundreds, of biotech companies all around California. Co-founded by an eminent Stanford research scientist, the Newark, Calif., firm has struggled financially while trying to push...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Research, Science, Biology, Economy, Business and Finance

    5. Jul 23, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Colorado shooting suspect shy, 'socially inept,' classmate recalls

    L.A. NOW
    More details emerged over the weekend concerning James Holmes, the suspect in the "Dark Knight" Colorado movie theater shooting. Many friends in California said he was a gifted student and intelligent person -- but others said he was more complicated........
    6. Jul 22, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Colorado shooting suspect was 'smartest guy in the class'

    L.A. NOW
    James Holmes, the suspect in the "Dark Knight" Colorado shooting, was "one of the smartest kids in the class," according to a former teaching assistant of the alleged shooter....
    7. Apr 21, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. Athletes only too happy to be 'lab rats'

    After discovering that a promising new drug caused multiple types of cancer in lab animals, the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline stopped developing the compound.
    After discovering that a promising new drug caused multiple types of cancer in lab animals, the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline stopped developing the compound. But the failed experimental drug, called GW501516, is making a comeback in another...

    Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Trials, Lifestyle and Leisure, Chemical Industry

    8. Sep 6, 2012 |Story| Hartford Courant

  8. Scientists Unveil New Blueprint Of How The Human Genome Works

    The Hartford Courant
    When the human genome was sequenced a decade ago, scientists hailed the feat as a technical tour de force -- but they also knew it was just a start. Our DNA blueprint was finally laid bare, but no one knew what it all meant. Now an international team...

    Tags: Research, Yale University, Biology, Biotechnology Industry, Birth Defects

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