Microsoft Co-Founder Unveils ‘Brain Atlas’
September 27, 2006
The Los Angeles Times reports that Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, has announced the completion of a project he started in 2002 to map the brain of a mouse. The $41-million digital atlas shows 20,000 genes and boasts 85 million photos and 250,000 slides. The data is designed to help researchers studying human illnesses and treatments better understand how the brain functions.
The atlas was made by 80 researchers at the Allen Institute for Brain Science, in Seattle, which was established with a $100-million gift from Mr. Allen.
