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Scientists to build 'human brain' - Supercomputer will simulate the entire mind and will help fight against brain diseases



Daily Mail - It aims to integrate all the neuroscience research being carried out all over the world – an estimated 60,000 scientific papers every year - into one platform. The project has received some funding from the EU and has been shortlisted for a 1 billion euro (£825million) EU grant which will be decided next month. When complete it could be used to test new drugs, which could dramatically shorten the time required for licencing them than human trials, and pave the way for more intelligent robots and computers.
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