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Brain Health accelerator to transform our understanding of brain disorders and develop new treatments
the global collaborative research initiative will initially target Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s disease, ALS, and Lewy body dementia

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Introducing the Brain Health accelerator
View livestream launching the Brain Health Accelerator, a new global research initiative. Hear from Allen Institute leaders, scientists, collaborators, and a patient perspective on a global research initiative rethinking how we study and treat brain disease.
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Brain Health accelerator to transform our understanding of brain disorders and develop new treatments
the global collaborative research initiative will initially target Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s disease, ALS, and Lewy body dementia
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Brain Health accelerator: a new way to study brain disease to find new treatments for it
understanding is hope—a new global research initiative to understanding the cells and circuits that drive brain disease so researchers can find new ways to rescue them.
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Neuropixels Opto sheds new light into deepest regions of the brain
a single tool measures and manipulates brain cell communication and democratizes advanced neuroscience
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how far are we from human brain simulation and what will it mean for science?
scientists could re-create the brain function of a small animal in the next several years, and human brain emulation might happen in our lifetime
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sci shots: a burst of color shows where cells live and what they do
spatial transcriptomics gives immunologists a fuller picture of one of life’s building blocks
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developing AI models that learn like a real brain
Shanahan Fellow Denis Turcu is using the world's most detailed brain map to rewrite how machines learn
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Welcome to our brand revolution
Our new brand is rooted in our science, inspired by our impact, and built to scale with our ambitions.
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the genetic defect in cancer that turns cells into “rule breakers”
scientists use allen institute cell lines to learn how the genetic defect spreads in stem cells
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charting a brand revolution
our new brand is rooted in our science, inspired by our impact, and built to scale with our ambitions.
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Allen Institute sets sights on treatments for five brain diseases
The Brain Health Accelerator program aims to harness single-cell transcriptomics and cell-type-specific genetic tools to develop treatments for Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s and Parkinson’s diseases, Lewy body dementia and ALS.






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