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Tags: neuroscience, obama state of the union, Dr. Anthony-Samuel LaMantia, human genome mapping, Interviews, US, Science
Rob Sachs
Feb 20, 2013 14:44
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Scientists examining DNA patterns on an x-ray. Photo Credit: Stockbyte/Thinkstock.
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is hoping that mapping the active human brain will do the same for science as the breakthroughs that came with mapping the human genome. The idea gained some momentum last month when it was mentioned in the State of the Union address.

Host Rob Sachs spoke with Dr. Anthony-Samuel LaMantia, professor of pharmacology and physiology at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and director of the George Washington University Institute for Neuroscience, to discuss the story.


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