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Cells are the building blocks of life.

September 12, 2022

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Understanding how healthy human cells behave is vital to understanding what goes wrong in disease.

Understanding how healthy human cells behave is vital to understanding what goes wrong in disease. Researchers at the Allen Institute for Cell Science are illuminating structures in human iPS cells through genome editing, 3D imaging them in high resolution, and developing visualization software and other tools to learn more.

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Understanding how healthy human cells behave is vital to understanding what goes wrong in disease. Researchers at the Allen Institute for Cell Science are illuminating structures in human iPS cells through genome editing, 3D imaging them in high resolution, and developing visualization software and other tools to learn more. Cell lines, images, and tools developed by our scientists are openly available to support the cell biology community.

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about the allen institute

The Allen Institute is an independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit research organization founded by philanthropist and visionary, the late Paul G. Allen. The Allen Institute is dedicated to answering some of the biggest questions in bioscience and accelerating research worldwide. The Institute is a recognized leader in large-scale research with a commitment to an open science model. For more information, visit alleninstitute.org.

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