“Every country should have its own biobank to identify its own risk factors for diseases such as Alzheimer’s,” says José Luna-Muñoz, who runs Mexico’s brain bank—Latin America’s oldest.

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Jose Luna-Muñoz spoke with The Transmitter about why each country—especially those in Latin America, where only five countries currently have a brain bank—needs its own biobank, and the challenges of building and sustaining one.

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What can a brain tell us after death?

Researcher José Luna-Muñoz has spent decades exploring this question. I spoke with him about brain donation and the challenges of building and sustaining Mexico’s National Dementia BioBank. 🧠🇲🇽

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We are thrilled to launch The State of Neuroscience in Latin America, a special report in which we spoke with nearly 50 researchers across Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay to capture the highs and lows of doing neuroscience research in Latin America. Explore now: bit.ly/4zGjlvn