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Mind trip: How psilocybin changes the brain
New research may help improve psychedelic therapy for neuropsychiatric disorders
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Out of Balance | Tom Bumol’s life after lymphoma
What happens when an immunologist gets a life-threatening, immune-related disease? In Bumol’s case, he doubles down on his research.
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2 million-cell experiment traces how a mammal grows, cell by single cell
The very early days of growth, long before we are born, are a time of incredible development.
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New VR game lets you learn about cells by tossing them
The app teaches users the stages of cell division through interactions with 3D models of human cells
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Allen Institute adds former Washington governor, executives from JPMorgan Chase and Deloitte to Board of Directors
The Allen Institute today announced the appointment of three new members to its Board of Directors: Margaret Anderson, Managing Director with Deloitte...
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Data Stories | A tiny brain structure with an outsized role in neurological disorders
Emily Sylwestrak, Ph.D., has a hard time putting her finger on the exact moment her interest in science began. It’s always been there, for as long...
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Peter Skene | Transforming outcomes for patients
See how Peter Skene, director of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at the Allen Institute for Immunology is working to answer this question and...
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New CRISPR-based technique in mice upends rules of genetic inheritance
The way we inherit genes is responsible for much of humanity’s incredible diversity.
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Out of Balance | Linda's life with RA
Linda Sloate is one of more than a million people in this country living with rheumatoid arthritis
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The genes that build our brains - and may drive neuropsychiatric diseases
One of the most complicated parts of your body - your brain - takes decades to come into its own. Human brain development begins before we are...
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Announcing the Allen Institute for Immunology, a new research endeavor focused on human immune health and disease
Seeded by $125 million donation by the late Paul G. Allen, the Allen Institute for Immunology will study human immune health, cancer, and autoimmune...
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Biologists Get $100 Million From Billionaire Paul Allen To Investigate Cells
With a gift of $100 million from billionaire philanthropist Paul G. Allen, scientists will embark on an effort to understand how cells work and how they malfunction in disease. Leaders of this new endeavor announced the launch of the Seattle-based Allen Institute for Cell Science today at the annual meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology in Philadelphia.
Billionaire Paul Allen donates $100m to new ‘industrial scale’ effort to understand human cells
Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen is donating $100 million of his fortune to launch what he calls an “industrial-scale” effort to understand the basic building block of all living things: the cell.
Microsoft mogul to create new cell science center
Science - Eleven years after he established an institute dedicated to mapping the brain, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is announcing a sequel: the Allen Institute for Cell Science. Just like its predecessor, the new institute will be seeded with $100 million from Allen himself; will embrace big-team science, bringing together cell biologists, mathematicians, computational biologists, and other specialists; and will seek to decipher a world whose complexity is still largely uncharted.
