Two scientific projects have won the financial support of the European Union following a contest in which 26 research proposals were heard.
Each will receive one billion Euros (roughly £855,300,000) to conduct their projects. One group will be investigating the properties of graphene, and the other group will be attempting to build the most accurate model of the human brain ever created.
The Human Brain Project (HBP) – as the team have called themselves – hope that by constructing the most accurate plan of the brain possible, they will be able to ” develop new treatments for brain diseases and build revolutionary new computing technologies”.
Their aim is to increase scientific understanding of the brain’s connection to genes, cognition, and behaviour, so that new, more effective drugs can be manufactured to deal with neurological problems.
The HBP’s website states that it “will lead a global collaborative effort to unify our understanding of the structure and function of the human brain”. So, it would seem that although the project is largely targeting neurological issues, it may also result in an improvement in the treatment available to victims of brain trauma.
Here at the Brain Injury Group, we look forward to seeing what the HBP discover, and how it may positively impact individuals who live with neurological diseases, or the symptoms of traumatic or acquired head injury.
