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It's the Dosage: Salk Study Shows How Drugs of Abuse Work
La Jolla, CA – Researchers at the Salk Institute and the University of Geneva have discovered a novel mechanism to explain how the drug of abuse GHB affects the human nervous system. GHB is also known as the "date rape" drug.
read more >>Stem Cell Regulator Could Hold Key to Staving Off Age-related Brain Changes
La Jolla, CA – A brain-specific genetic switch protein known as a receptor has been found to control the fate of adult stem cells in the brain, according to a Salk Institute study.
read more >>Salk Study Uncovers New Information About Organ Placement
La Jolla, CA – A Salk Institute team of biologists, mathematicians, and physicists has uncovered a novel paradigm for cell communication that provides new insights into the complex question of how the body determines where organs are placed.
read more >>Waves of Nerve Cell Activity Create Sharp Vision in the Brain
La Jolla, CA – Nerve cells firing in spontaneous waves create the brain's first sharp visual images during a short but critical phase of development, Salk Institute researchers have found. The study may lead to ways to better treat nerve cell injury and even treatments of diseases that occur in later life, like Parkinson's.
read more >>Salk Institute Receives $7 Million Gift to Establish Neuroscience Center
La Jolla, CA – The Salk Institute has received a $7 million gift to establish a new center that will use computer-based computational biology methods to help unravel the complexities of the brain.
read more >>Salk Researcher named to Institute of Medicine
La Jolla, CA – Ronald Evans, the March of Dimes Chair in Developmental and Cell Biology at the Salk Institute, was named to the Institute of Medicine (IOM). Part of the U.S. National Academies, the IOM each year selects members who have made major contributions to furthering human health and advancing science.
read more >>Salk Institute Receives Record $30 Million Gift
La Jolla, CA – An anonymous donor has made a $30 million donation to the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, providing the largest single gift in the history of the Institute.
read more >>Cell Division Findings Detail Genetic Links to Cancer
La Jolla, CA – Salk Institute scientists have for the first time linked the function of a group of proteins required for DNA duplication and accurate chromosome movement during cell division. The findings may help explain the genetic influences behind some forms of cancer.
read more >>Molecular first steps to adult diabetes found
La Jolla, CA – A Salk Institute study has identified the first molecular steps that can lead to adult diabetes.
read more >>Gene Chip Study Could Lead to New Hybrid Plants
La Jolla, CA – A study led by the Salk Institute and the University of California at Berkeley has found new methods to identify functional genes in the common mustard weed Arabidopsis. This technology may lead to the development of new ways to modify plants to grow faster, produce more food and resist disease.
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