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Inside the Integrated Mitotic Stem Cell

May 22, 2019

All of us begin as a single cell.

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New Cell Registry enables exploration of multiple brain cell type datasets

May 10, 2019

The Allen Institute for Brain Science, a division of the Allen Institute, has debuted a new data exploration tool for brain cell type data.

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How do living creatures take shape?

May 7, 2019

Think of the shape of life. Living creatures have forms ranging from a tiny rod-shaped bacterium, to a wrinkled, tusked behemoth of an elephant, to a...

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Q&A: A former experimental psychologist with a passion for data governance

May 3, 2019

Scientists everywhere are struggling with data. Paul Meijer, Ph.D., Director of Software Development at the newly launched Allen Institute for...

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Can tadpoles help us understand human heart attacks?

Apr 25, 2019

Nearly 50 years ago, Al Green famously asked (in song form), How can you mend a broken heart?

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Gene drives get a precision upgrade

Apr 16, 2019

Gene drives, a method to “drive” a new gene through a population in a way that bypasses the natural order of inheritance, were first developed...

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A new technique to make beating human heart cells glow

Apr 10, 2019

Allen Institute for Cell Science researchers have developed a new technique that will enable better understanding of human heart muscle cells.

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Data Stories | Addiction & the visual system

Mar 24, 2019

Researcher Randy Ellis studies computational neuroscience and addiction. Ellis uses the Allen Brain Observatory dataset in his work to find new ways...

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How immune cells detect different threat levels from salmonella

Mar 20, 2019

Your immune system has a tough job.

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5 unsolved mysteries about the brain

Mar 14, 2019

If you ask Christof Koch, Ph.D., Chief Scientist and President of the Allen Institute for Brain Science, how close we are to understanding our own...

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