{
  "id": 12138314,
  "title": "Microsoft co-founder gave $100M to brain research; his institute mapped 21,000 genes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/microsoft-co-founder-gave-100m-to-brain-research-his-institute-mapped",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-05T09:32:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/in-2003-microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-committed-100-million-to-brain-research-three-years-later-his-institute-completed-a-mouse-brain-gene-atlas-and-made-it-freely-available-online/articleshow/134696156.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Paul G. Allen invested $100 million in 2003 to establish the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle. This institute focused on creating the Allen Brain Atlas, which mapped gene activity in the mouse brain. The Atlas revealed that approximately 80% of genes are active in the brain, surpassing previous estimates. The data from the project was made publicly available at no cost to researchers…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}