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A new window into the human brain
STAT - At one time or another, haven’t we all wanted to peer into the inner workings of someone else's brain?
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Fresh human brains yield delicious data
Science - Allen Institute for Brain Science launches first database of live human brain cells
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Scientists And Surgeons Team Up To Create Virtual Human Brain Cells
NPR - Scientists in Seattle have created three-dimensional computer reconstructions of living human brain cells by studying tissue that is usually discarded during surgery.
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Researchers add live human cells to brain database
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They’re alive! Allen Institute harvests data from bits of living human brain tissue
GeekWire - Zapping brain cells from living human tissue? It sounds like a creepy Halloween tale.
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Paul Allen Just Made His Biggest Step Yet To Map The Human Brain
Forbes - When the Allen Institute for Brain Science launched its Cell Types Database just over two years ago, its goal was to help create a comprehensive map of the human brain
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Allen Institute shares first open database of live human brain cells
Brain samples from neurosurgery patients reveal uniqueness and complexity of the human brain
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Allen Institute for Brain Science awarded ~$100 million to lead global collaborations that will build comprehensive atlases of brain cell types
National Institutes of Health funding expands work to identify and catalog the building blocks of the brain, and creates global center for data sharing
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