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Would you donate part of your living brain to science? This man did.

Jun 23, 2019

The Seattle Times - HERE’S AN OFFER most people can easily refuse: Donate part of your brain to science — while you’re still alive.

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A New View On Cell Division

May 22, 2019

Forbes - You started out as just a few cells but developed into trillions of cells that make up all the different organs in your body.

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Computerized Model Reveals Details Of How Human Cells Divide

May 22, 2019

NPR - How do we grow from a single fertilized egg into a fully grown person with trillions of cells? Our cells divide, of course!

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With a gift from the late Paul Allen, his philanthropy launches ambitious plan to probe human immunology

Dec 12, 2018

STAT - This past July, philanthropist Paul Allen spent hours grilling his team about an ambitious plan they were hatching: Expanding the Allen...

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Before He Died, Paul Allen Gifted $125 Million To A New Institute To Study The Immune System

Dec 12, 2018

Forbes - “All summer long he was pinging us with emails. What are the big mysteries? This constant insatiable desire to know what was next. That...

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Paul Allen’s Estate Gives $125 Million for Immunology Institute

Dec 12, 2018

Bloomberg - Paul Allen’s estate is making its first major philanthropic gift after his death, giving $125 million to establish a research division...

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New Atlas Used to ID Brain Parts for Plans and Actions

Nov 1, 2018

Scientific American - A detailed picture of cell types in some areas of the mouse cortex is put to the test

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Revealed: New Cortical Neuron Types

Oct 31, 2018

The Scientist - A pair of mouse studies describes neuronal subpopulations not identified before and some of their functions.

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Neuroscientists draw up a ‘parts list’ covering 133 different types of brain cells

Oct 31, 2018

GeekWire - How many different kinds of cells are there in the brain? At least 133 kinds

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Meet the Rose Hip Cell, a New Kind of Neuron

Aug 27, 2018

Wired - Transcriptome sequencing technologies are opening the doors to a new era of cellular discovery, and not just in the brain.

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