Episode

A Breakthrough in Restoring Memory

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What Happens Next in 6 Minutes
Published
Jul 18, 2026
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1830
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Summary

Our speaker is Michael Kahana who is one of the world’s leading experts on memory. He is a former Professor of Psychology at Penn, and he is now the founder of Nia Therapeutics which is a company seeking to bring a medical device to patients that can radically improve memory for individuals with a brain injury, dementia, or Alzheimer’s. I want to hear from Michael about how memory function works and how a medical device can improve human memory retrieval to improve cognitive abilities. Get full access to What Happens Next in 6 Minutes with Larry Bernstein at www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/subscribe