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This human neuron is on a different wavelength than its mouse counterpart
Researchers at the Allen Institute have uncovered subtle but intriguing differences between a mouse and human neuron of the same kind. The differences...
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Given the vast array of tasks our brains and the rest of our nervous systems accomplish day in and day out - from movement to sensation to plain old...
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Inside the Human Immune System
To understand the human immune system - what makes us healthy and what goes wrong in disease - we need to first understand its parts.
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In-depth analysis sorts cells from the cerebral cortex into 133 types, lays groundwork to explore function.
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The Allen Institute houses some impressive statistics behind its glassy facade: more than 2.7 million high-resolution science images and nearly 1,400 hours of movies of brain activity shared with the global scientific community.
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Allen Institute founder Paul G. Allen died on Monday afternoon, October 15, 2018, from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in Seattle. He was 65...
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Meet the Scientist Bringing Gene Editing to Life: An Interview With Jennifer Doudna
Newsweek - About 10 years ago, scientists at a yogurt laboratory in Denmark noticed a peculiar feature in a bacterial genome.
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Neuroscience: Big brain, big data
Nature - As big brain-mapping initiatives go, Taiwan's might seem small.
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Consciousness rising: Christof Koch on the brain and artificial intelligence
Pasatiempo - Christof Koch has spent much of the past three decades working to locate human consciousness in the electrochemical interactions among neurons.
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Neanderthals Were People, Too
The New York Times Magazine - New research shows they shared many behaviors that we long believed to be uniquely human. Why did science get them so wrong?
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New Scientist - Bioelectrical signals direct blobs of cells to transform into any part of the body. Harnessing it can create freakish animals with two heads - and may spark a medical revolution
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Allen Institute for Cell Science Releases Gene Edited Human Stem Cell Lines
Scientists at the Allen Institute for Cell Science used CRISPR/Cas9 technology to insert fluorescent tags for major cellular structures into human induced pluripotent stem cells. Unlike typical methods which flood the cell with fluorescent protein, these highly precise tags show exactly when and where the structures are at various stages in the cell’s lifecycle.
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How Paul Allen's Foray Into Gene Editing Could Benefit Human Health
Today the Allen Institute for Cell Science is releasing a set of gene-edited stem cells to the public that are “pluripotent,” meaning they have the ability to turn into any tissue or organ in the body.
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