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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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Designing better weapons to fight prostate cancer
New study unlocks key insights that could help develop next-generation immunotherapies
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“Computational crystal ball” helps predict cell behavior
New technology could lead to better treatments for cancer by allowing scientists to perform virtual experiments
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Neuropixels Opto sheds new light into deepest regions of the brain
A single tool measures and manipulates brain cell communication and democratizes advanced neuroscience
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What extreme experience can teach us about consciousness
Christof Koch speaks to a global audience about psychedelics, unresponsive patients, and the unsolved mystery of conscious experience
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The new lab partner: AI and future scientific discovery
Allen Institute scientists and tech experts took the international stage to explore how human-machine partnerships are pushing the boundaries of science.
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Mind trip: How psilocybin changes the brain
New research may help improve psychedelic therapy for neuropsychiatric disorders
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SciShots: Nervous and immune systems team up to take on parasites
Pain-sensing neurons in the intestine give marching orders to the immune system to kick off an attack against parasites
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Partnering with Anthropic to supercharge research and help cure disease
From months to hours, autonomous AI agents will accelerate research in the quest for cures.
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Computer model predicts aspects of cognitive performance
The Allen Human Brain Atlas helped researchers design a model that looked at “intrinsic neural timescales”
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Allen Impact 2025
Technology and innovation are fueling discovery in science like never before we’re proud to be leading the way. 2025 was a year of tremendous impact...
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Biologists Get $100 Million From Billionaire Paul Allen To Investigate Cells
With a gift of $100 million from billionaire philanthropist Paul G. Allen, scientists will embark on an effort to understand how cells work and how they malfunction in disease. Leaders of this new endeavor announced the launch of the Seattle-based Allen Institute for Cell Science today at the annual meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology in Philadelphia.
Billionaire Paul Allen donates $100m to new ‘industrial scale’ effort to understand human cells
Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen is donating $100 million of his fortune to launch what he calls an “industrial-scale” effort to understand the basic building block of all living things: the cell.
Microsoft mogul to create new cell science center
Science - Eleven years after he established an institute dedicated to mapping the brain, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is announcing a sequel: the Allen Institute for Cell Science. Just like its predecessor, the new institute will be seeded with $100 million from Allen himself; will embrace big-team science, bringing together cell biologists, mathematicians, computational biologists, and other specialists; and will seek to decipher a world whose complexity is still largely uncharted.
