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Nature 425, 226 (18 September 2003) | doi:10.1038/425226a

Software mogul turns to mouse for genetic atlas of the brain

Rex Dalton

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is contributing $100 million to jump-start an institute in Seattle, Washington, that will seek to unravel the genetics of the mammalian brain.The initial project at the Allen Institute for Brain Science, which was due to be announced this week, will draw up a genetic 'brain atlas' of the mouse, as a model for studying the human brain in health and disease.