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Marcus foundation gives hope to stroke patients

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The Marcus Foundation has awarded a $29.7 million grant to the University of Michigan and Stanford University to develop a brain-computer interface that helps stroke patients regain their ability to speak. The project aims to detect and interpret brain signals in individuals with speech impairments due to stroke.

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Stanford researchers will work with patients to evaluate whether brain signals from unaffected areas can be “decoded” to restore communication. The University of Michigan will develop an implantable device to record and transmit neural signals.

“We are very excited to philanthropically launch this true ‘dream team’ in precision brain-computer interface research for aphasic stroke patients,” said Jonathan Simons, chief science officer of the Marcus Foundation. “As ambitious and high-risk as this academic research and development is, the return in the restoration of speech for those who have tragically lost it exceeds any hyperbole as an advance in the neuroscientific care of stroke patients.”

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