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STAT+: Bill Ackman’s bold plan to transform brain research

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NEW YORK — If you’re blind, Bill Ackman wants to help you see again.



That is the ambitious plan the billionaire is pursuing with the Ackman Oxman Institute, a new institution in New York City that will act as a hub for brain injury research, including brain-computer interfaces that can help people move, speak, and connect to digital devices through brain activity. 





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