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Nov 6, 2025
Scientists have created the most detailed maps yet of how our brains differentiate from stem cells during embryonic development and early life.
Scientists have reached a milestone in an ambitious initiative to chart how the many types of brain cells emerge and mature from the earliest...
Researchers are closer to making all types of vaccines tailored specifically for certain age groups, says Claire Gustafson, an experimental...
AI was the key that unlocked these brain “neighborhoods.” They could also light the way to curing disorders like Alzheimer’s.
Nov 5, 2025
A new study helps reveal why some vaccines are less effective in older adults than they are in younger people.
Multiple mouse and human brain atlases track the emergence of distinct cell types during development and uncover pathways that decide a cell’s fate....
The field could soon show when problems like dementia emerge.
Oct 31, 2025
It is flu season and there is some new insight into why vaccines may work less effectively in older adults.
Oct 30, 2025
More than 2 decades ago researchers started to build systems of equations meant to simulate some of the cell’s workings. Now, they have progressed...
Flu season is fast-approaching! And with it comes the annual push by public health leaders to encourage us to roll up our sleeves to get the latest...
Oct 29, 2025
Oct 23, 2025
Using spatial transcriptomics and AI, researchers redefined the mouse brain’s geography, uncovering hundreds of new subregions.
Award-winning immunologist Susan Kaech is the new executive vice president of the Allen Institute’s Immunology Moonshot, an initiative that...
Oct 16, 2025
We’ve all heard the advice: “trust your gut.” But what does that really mean — and is there science behind it? Dr. Hongkui Zeng, Executive...
Oct 14, 2025
A human cell is a Rube Goldberg machine like no other, full of biological chain reactions that make the difference between life and death....
Oct 13, 2025
Scientists may be one step closer to a new therapy that could 'fix' the faulty genes at play in people with brain disorders such as autism and...
Founder Paul G. Allen believed in answering big, fundamental questions in biology (Big Science). The approach to tackling these questions is rooted in Team Science: where experts across multiple fields leverage unique talents in a coordinated, collaborative way to produce massive amounts of high-quality data. The data, tools, and resources created are freely available (Open Science) to the entire scientific community. Big, Team and Open Science–as practiced by the Allen Institute–accelerates progress, amplifies impact and benefits all.
