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Groundbreaking gene therapy research in Washington could lead to treat children living with severe epilepsy

Mar 20, 2025

Scientists at the Allen Institute have made a major breakthrough in research for people living with Dravet Syndrome, which is a rare and debilitating...

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Boaz Levi and John Mich in the lab of the Allen Institute in Seattle, WA

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Breakthrough gene therapy in Seattle offers hope for children with epilepsy

Mar 20, 2025

Scientists at the Allen Institute for Brain Science are working on a promising gene therapy that could offer a life-saving treatment for children...

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A male and female scientist stand in front of South Lake Union in Seattle.

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Brotman Baty Institute: Promising Young Scientist: A Researcher Finds ‘Perfect Match for My Professional Interests’ at Seattle Hub

Mar 20, 2025

As a teenager, Hina Iftikhar set her sights on practicing medicine in her home country of Pakistan. But her father, a physician, was convinced she...

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GeekWire: Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology lands $10M to support ‘DNA Typewriter’ technology

Mar 6, 2025

The Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology is receiving a $10 million grant to support the training of new scientists and the launch of biotech startups...

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[Left to right: Drs. Meher Antia (Washingnton Research Foundation), and Jesse Gray and Marion Pepper (Seattle Hub): 'Translating a novel and exciting platform technology into concrete applications.']

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Brotman Baty Institute: Washington Research Foundation Awards $10M to Seattle Hub to Advance Cell and Genome Technologies

Mar 6, 2025

Five-year grant, one of the largest in the foundation's history, will support groundbreaking work by Brotman Baty Institute and the Allen Institute.

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Visualization of the human brain.

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Cell ‘fingerprints’ identify distinct cortical networks

Mar 3, 2025

These networks align with different assemblages of cells, a finding that could reveal how cellular diversity influences brain function, according to a...

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A visualization of a large-scale model of a mouse visual cortex brain circuit, built at the Allen Institute and containing 230,000 neuron building-block models, recently published in the journal Neuron. Image courtesy of Sergey Gratiy, Ph.D.

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The last two-author neuroscience paper?

Mar 3, 2025

Author lists on papers have ballooned, and it’s getting hard to discern contribution.

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Learn How the Brain Ages at the Cellular Level

Mar 3, 2025

Join Dr. Kelly Jin, a scientist at the Allen Institute for Brain Science, as she discusses new research on how our brains change as we age.

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Science in Seattle: Tissue-Resident Memory CD8 T Cell Diversity

Feb 5, 2025

This week, we profile a recent publication in Nature by Dr. Maximilian Heeg’s (pictured) lab and the Goldrath Lab from the Allen Institute for...

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Alex Heubeck, M.S., B.S. works with blood samples at Allen Institute

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GEN News: “Suspended Animation” Technique for Blood Draws Designed to Aid Research for Underserved Populations

Jan 13, 2025

If a patient or research study volunteer is having a blood draw at or near a research facility that can perform this type of experiment on site, time...

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