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Cellular Fat Sensor Slows Heart Disease
La Jolla, CA – A cellular sensor of dietary fats slows the development of lesions that lead to heart disease, a Salk Institute study has found.
read more >>Salk Researchers Ranked in Top 25 of Scientific Citations Worldwide
La Jolla, CA – Two Salk Institute researchers ranked within the top 25 scientists worldwide for their work's influence in any field, according to an organization that monitors the impact of scientific publications.
read more >>Salk Researcher Provides New View on How the Brain Functions
La Jolla, CA – Scientists are developing a new paradigm for how the brain functions. They propose that the brain is not a huge fixed network, as had been previously thought, but a dynamic, changing network that adapts continuously to meet the demands of communication and computational needs.
read more >>Are There "Social Behavior" Genes?
La Jolla, CA – A rare genetic disorder may lead scientists to genes for social behavior, a Salk Institute study has found.
read more >>Gene Therapy Postpones Lou Gehrig's Disease Symptoms
La Jolla, CA – A unique gene therapy method postpones the symptoms and nearly doubles the life span in a mouse animal model of Lou Gehrig's disease, a research team led by the Salk Institute has found.
read more >>Missing Enzyme Found to Lead to Alzheimer?s Disease Symptoms
La Jolla, CA – An enzyme studied by scientists for years can prevent tangles of proteins from forming in the brain's nerve cells – as occurs in patients with age-dependent Alzheimer's disease, according to a study by investigators at the Salk Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School.
read more >>Salk Study Advances Understanding of Plant Genes and Their Function
La Jolla, CA – A Salk Institute study provides significant new information in the process of allowing scientists to understand the function of plant genes. The study is published in the August 1 issue of Science.
read more >>Leila Josefowicz to Perform at Symphony at Salk
La Jolla, CA – The eighth annual Symphony at Salk, a benefit for the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, will be held Saturday, Aug. 23, under the stars on the institute's Gildred Court.
read more >>HIV Inactivates the Body's Cellular Smart Bomb
La Jolla, CA – HIV eludes one of the body's key smart bomb defenses against infection, and this finding may lay the groundwork for new drugs to treat AIDS, according to a new Salk Institute study.
read more >>Salk Researcher Wins Major National Institutes of Health Grant for Work on Brain-Immune Interactions, Potential Autoimmune Disease Treatments
La Jolla, CA – A Salk Institute scientist has been awarded a $3.3 million grant and the Jacob Javits Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for his work in identifying how the immune and nervous systems interact to ward off disease, which may result in treatments for such autoimmune diseases as multiple sclerosis.
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