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Gene Therapy Tested in Mice Offers New Hope for People with Dravet Syndrome

Mar 20, 2025

Scientists from the Allen Institute and Seattle Children’s Research Institute have announced a breakthrough in the development of gene replacement...

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Boaz Levi in the lab

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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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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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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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KIRO Radio: Keep your brain sharp, simple lifestyle changes backed by Seattle research

Jan 13, 2025

A recent study from the Allen Institute in Seattle, led by scientist Hongkui Zeng, offers promising insights into how everyday choices can help...

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NY Post: Researchers discover aging ‘hotspot’ in the brain — and it could have big implications for patients

Jan 13, 2025

In a study of mice, researchers at the Allen Institute identified certain cells that showed “major changes” with age, particularly in one specific...

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This image shows non -neuronal brain cells called tanycytes, are illuminated and color coded according to their depth, in the hypothalamus brain of a mouse. They are one of the c ell types in the mouse brain that show a large number of gene transcripts changing with age.

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Jan 13, 2025

Neuronal and non-neuronal cells throughout the brain also express genes—particularly those related to neuronal structure and immune...

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Three scientists looking over data at the Allen Institute.

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Jan 13, 2025

Recent advertisements are promoting becoming "younger this year" and learning to "hack your metabolism." But how much science is there to support...

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Scientist in a lab, works with a lab sample

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Yahoo News: New discoveries from Seattle scientists could help manage brain’s aging process

Jan 13, 2025

A new year marks new research on the health and well-being of the brain. On January 1, the Allen Institute published its largest study to date on...

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KUOW: How brain-mapping research by Seattle scientists could help prevent Alzheimer’s

Jan 13, 2025

Research by a group of Seattle scientists may help doctors and drug companies target specific brain cells to help people keep their minds sharp as...

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Three scientists, two women and a man, look at data at the allen institute.

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Fox News: Health Aging ‘hotspot’ found in brain, researchers say: ‘Major changes’

Jan 13, 2025

The brain plays a big part in the aging process, and scientists think they’ve pinpointed the specific cells that control it. In a study of mice,...

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Founder Paul G. Allen believed in answering big, fundamental questions in biology (Big Science). The approach to tackling these questions is rooted in Team Science: where experts across multiple fields leverage unique talents in a coordinated, collaborative way to produce massive amounts of high-quality data. The data, tools, and resources created are freely available (Open Science) to the entire scientific community. Big, Team and Open Science–as practiced by the Allen Institute–accelerates progress, amplifies impact and benefits all.

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