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Genetic map of mouse brains complete

Posted Sep 26, 2006 at 09:52PM by Ian C. Listed in: Animals and Wildlife, Diseases, Genetics Tags: Microsoft, Paul Allen
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Mouse Brain


Microsoft Corporation co-founder Paul Allen decided way back in 2002 to make a genetic atlas of mouse brains. 4 years, 21,000 genes, and $100 million dollars later, the study is finally declared complete. Interestingly, the fine-tuned map of 3,000 active genes has already been in use for more than a year already. This 3-D reference atlas of the active genes in a mouse brain is the first project of the Allen Institute for Brain Science.

Since mice and humans share more than 90 percent of genes, thus, the Allen Brain Atlas has enormous potential for allowing researchers to better understand human neurological diseases and disorders (like Alzheimer's disease). While studying a mouse brain is critical for basic scientific research (this is, according to Douglas Adams, what the mice would want us to believe), Allen also wants to look at the unique parts of the human brain like the neocortex.

Perhaps with this mapping we are a few steps closer to finding the ultimate question to the answer that is 42.

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 » Common misconceptions about the Allen Brain Atlas
Common misconceptions about the Allen Brain Atlas:
http://braintechsci.blogspot.com/2006/10/paul-allen-brain-atlas-misconceptions.html



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