# A Breakthrough in Restoring Memory

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Published: 2026-07-18T12:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.whathappensnextin6minutes.com/p/a-breakthrough-in-restoring-memory
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## Resource

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

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