One Saturday in November several hundred friends gathered at a Los Angeles restaurant to celebrate Alfred Mann's 85th birthday.

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Read David Whelan's story about the fanaticism with which Alfred Mann is directing his fortune to medical research.

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The CEO and principal stockholder Alfred Mann has been buying the stock hand-over-fist.

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In a statement issued last week, the FCC announced that these devices have been approved for use within the 413 to 457MHz range, as requested in a petition from the Alfred Mann Foundation, which has already constructed several prototype MMN systems.

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