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CNBC: New research sheds light on cause behind long COVID

Jun 16, 2023

Researchers from the Allen Institute and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center have discovered that an overactive inflammatory response could be at the root...

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CNBC: Allen Institute teams up with AWS to build first-ever map of the brain

Jun 8, 2023

Once the platform is complete, scientists could better understand links between genetics and different cognitive functions, as well as insights into...

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KOMO: Human-induced stem cells from Seattle now in space

Jun 5, 2023

The stem-cell study is part of a series of NASA-funded experiments led by researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

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FOX13: Stem cells from Seattle’s Allen Institute to be studied on private mission to space

Jun 5, 2023

The groundbreaking experiment is part of a private mission to the International Space Station.

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The Wonders of the Human Brain

May 4, 2023

Hongkui Zeng, Ph.D., was recently appointed to the National Academy of Sciences for her pioneering work on the mouse brain. Interview at 9-minute mark...

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Transcriptomic Data May Provide New Way to Classify, Compare Brain Disorders

Apr 20, 2023

A striking finding was the increased variability of excitatory cell types in psychiatric diseases.

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Tracking King County seniors (and their brains) for clues to dementia and Alzheimer’s

Apr 14, 2023

(Photo credit: Seattle Times) Among ACT’s most cutting-edge collaborations is a project with researchers at the Allen Institute for Brain Science to...

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A free app on the Human Immune System Explorer will allow users to visualize immunology data using the PALMO platform. This platform was developed by Allen Institute for Immunology scientists to identify differences in gene activity or protein levels between different people or in the same person over long periods of time. The screenshot above shows different kinds of immune cells clustered by their gene activity.

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Allen Institute Developing Gene Panel Based on Longitudinal scRNA-seq Analytics Platform

Apr 14, 2023

In a recent study published in Nature Communications, Allen Institute scientists described how they were able to pinpoint 220 genes as likely...

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Landmark atlases flag 5,000 cell types across mouse brain

Apr 6, 2023

In an effort spanning more than 10 years, and using different approaches, two teams of researchers each identified about 5,000 distinct clusters that...

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Unravelling the mysteries of Alzheimer’s

Mar 30, 2023

Rebecca Hodge, Ph.D., from the Allen Institute for Brain Science on This Hour with Angie Seth (CTV)

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