CNBC June 8, 2023
Key Points
– Amazon Web Services announced Wednesday that its tech will support the Allen Institute as it builds a map of the human brain, called the Brain Knowledge Platform.
– Once the platform is complete, scientists could better understand links between genetics and different cognitive functions, as well as insights into diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
– “This really is like the periodic table for the brain,” Dr. Ed Lein, senior investigator at the Allen Institute for Brain Science, said.
Just as the periodic table is foundational to chemistry and the Human Genome Project revolutionized modern genetics, researchers at the Allen Institute for Brain Science have teamed up with Amazon Web Services to create what could become a “transformative”...
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