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Zapping the right brain cells: The path to improved stimulation
New findings could help scientists develop better ways to treat brain disorders with electrical stimulation.

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5 cool things your immune system can do
Hack evolution, keep lifelong exposure records and more - immunologists share some of the far-out cellular feats happening in your body on a regular...
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Cytiva licenses Allen Institute’s advanced machine learning technology to develop new cell imaging techniques
Strategic license to advance the field of 3D and live cell imaging
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Could treatments aimed at Alzheimer’s disease help combat COVID-19?
A team of cardiology researchers had a creative idea for a new way to treat dementia. Now they think it could help coronavirus patients too.
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A new approach to Alzheimer’s disease research
Most efforts to treat Alzheimer's disease simply haven't worked. That's why leading researchers in Seattle are teaming up with us to study early...
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Team science in the era of remote work
As the COVID-19 pandemic dictates physical distance and many scientists are working from home, how can teams pivot to pull off coordinated research...
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Old age changes the way blood accesses the brain
A new study in mice shows that contrary to longstanding dogma, blood proteins easily cross into the brain, but transport machinery breaks down with ag...
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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research and The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group Partner to Award $6.75M in New Grants to Drive the Next Wave of Novel Cancer Therapies
New “Blood Cancer Discoveries Grant Program” supported by a novel three-way collaboration
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Seattle researchers team up to build hi-res brain map of Alzheimer's disease
$40.5M NIH-funded project aims to pinpoint cells at the root of the progressive brain disease and home in on new therapeutic targets
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Cell Shorts | Lab-grown human skin holds promise for skin grafts
Researchers have succeeded in growing the most lifelike human skin in the lab to date. Allen Institute for Cell Science cell lines formed the basis...
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A new high-resolution, 3D map of the whole mouse brain
The reference atlas, years in the making, offers common ground to put neuroscience findings in context
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The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group UC Berkeley's Jennifer Doudna a New Allen Distinguished Investigator
The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group today named Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D., at the University of California, Berkeley an Allen Distinguished Investigator (ADI) with an award for “Antiviral Machinery and Cell Editing Platforms” at the frontier of RNA targeting and cell editing.
The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group Names UC San Diego's Ethan Bier a New Allen Distinguished Investigator
The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group today named Ethan Bier, Ph.D., at the University of California, San Diego, an Allen Distinguished Investigator (ADI) with an award for research at the frontier of evolutionary developmental biology titled “Biological Innovation and Active Genetics.”
The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group Names MIT's James J. Collins a New Allen Distinguished Investigator
The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group announced today the award of an Allen Distinguished Investigator (ADI) award for “Synthetic Biology Applications to Antimicrobial Resistance” to James J. Collins, Ph.D., at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for research at the frontier of antibiotic resistance.
The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group Names ICM's Bassem Hassan a New Allen Distinguished Investigator
The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group today named Bassem Hassan, Ph.D., at the Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière (ICM) in Paris an Allen Distinguished Investigator (ADI) with an award for research at the frontier of neural circuit development and behavior, titled “How developmental noise in neural circuit development determines the unique behavior of individuals.”
The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group Announces Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University
The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group announced today the creation of an Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University for Reading and Writing the Morphogenetic Code, to be led by Professor of Biology Michael Levin, Ph.D. The Allen Discovery Center at Tufts will focus on learning to read, interpret and manipulate the biological code that determines how complex anatomical structures are created and regulated, with potentially enormous impact for regenerative medicine and bioengineering.
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen pledges $100 million toward cutting-edge biotech research
TechCrunch - Investor, entrepreneur, billionaire and Bill Gates’ other half in the founding of Microsoft Paul Allen has announced a $100 million investment in the Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group.

