Cell Shorts
The Allen Institute for Cell Science released its first public data on allencell.org, the Allen Cell Explorer, in 2017. The website combines large-scale 3D imaging data, predictive models of cell organization, gene edited human stem cell lines and a growing suite of data analysis tools. The cell science community has used our cell lines and data to gain insight into healthy human cells, and diseases like heart and kidney disease.
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Cell Shorts | Building a better model of blindness and eye disease
March 3, 2021
Researchers at the University of Washington are working on growing human retinal tissue in the lab to better understand macular degeneration, glaucoma and other vision disorders
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Cell Shorts | Lab-grown human skin holds promise for skin grafts
June 4, 2020
Researchers have succeeded in growing the most lifelike human skin in the lab to date. Allen Institute for Cell Science cell lines formed the basis for the human skin organoids.
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A new discovery about ALS
February 13, 2020
Stem cell researcher Evangelos Kiskinis and his colleagues discovered a strange — literal — wrinkle in neurons from ALS patients. Allen Institute for Cell Science resources are helping them study these features in more detail.
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Cell Shorts | Bringing cell science resources to the classroom
July 12, 2019
Biology textbook pictures of cells can be misinterpreted or misleading. These three biology teachers are using real pictures and data of human cells to help their students learn.
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Cell Shorts | Accelerating degenerative eye disease therapies
June 25, 2019
See how Kapil Bharti from the National Eye Institute is working to find new therapies for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) with the help of the Allen Cell Collection.
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New VR game lets you learn about cells by tossing them
February 19, 2019
The app, now on display at Pacific Science Center, teaches users the stages of cell division through interactions with 3D models of human cells
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Cell Shorts | A new window into heart cells
January 30, 2019
See how Christopher Chen used the Allen Cell Collection to study the development of sarcomeres in heart muscle cells.
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Cell Shorts | A common platform for human cell research
March 7, 2018
See how Bruce Conklin is using our gene-edited WTC cells to find therapies for life threatening genetic diseases.
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Cell Shorts | Illuminating the kidney
July 26, 2017
See how researcher Beno Freeman and his colleagues at the University of Washington are using the Allen Institute for Cell Science’s publicly available human induced pluripotent stem cells to study kidney disease and regeneration.