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May 30, 2024
Reaching new heights, stem cells from the Allen Institute for Cell Science were flown into space for the first time ever.
Aug 17, 2023
Where are we with long COVID? Researchers at the Allen Institute and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center are working to understand the science behind this...
Oct 13, 2022
Neuroscientists at the Allen Institute and the University of North Carolina are working to crack the biology of reward and addiction. Hear about their...
Aug 25, 2022
Neuroscientist Z Yan Wang investigated how social isolation impacted young bumblebees, and it looks like they grow up to be a little ‘socially...
May 26, 2022
Can we put a number on human consciousness?
Mar 15, 2022
Scientists have known for centuries that the brain is the seat of human thought, but we’re still in the dark about how it works.
May 17, 2021
In the early '80s, Linda Sloate was a 30-year old mom raising three little kids when she became one of an estimated 20 million people worldwide living...
Mar 2, 2021
When neuroscientist Christina Kim published an important research study, her close friend, novelist Yaa Gyasi, wanted to understand more about her...
Dec 23, 2020
Aldan Beaubien was in high school when a smorgasbord of bagels, cream cheese and apple juice left him in agony. Months later, doctors diagnosed him...
Sep 23, 2020
The SCAN study launched to track Covid-19 in the Seattle area led by Allen Discovery Center leader Dr. Jay Shendure
Aug 5, 2020
When the first COVID-19 cases began arriving at hospitals int he U.S., doctors nicknamed the illness "The Beast" because of the way it attacked the...
Apr 23, 2020
What if there were a face mask that could tell you you’re infected with coronavirus before you ever show symptoms?
