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February 2012
Brain Proteins May Be Key to Aging
Are we merely the sum of our neurons?
Cell Aging Process may be Understood by Studying Extremely Long-Lived Proteins
Scientific visions that take the prize
The 16 Best Science Visualizations of 2011
January 2012
Salk biologist wins Israel's top science prize
Salk's Chory, UCSD's Markow, receive Genetics Society of America award
Salk's Ronald Evans awarded Wolf Prize in medicine
Salk scientists find cilia gene important for lung and brain function
New tools help map 3-D world of vision in mice
Scientists Map the Frontiers of Vision
Top 100 Stories of 2011 #64: Stem Cell Research Hits More Painful Setbacks
December 2011
Salk Findings can Lead to Safer Asthma, Allergies and Arthritis Treatments
Discovery May Lead to Safer Treatments for Asthma, Allergies and Arthritis
Gene-tweaking creates super-strong mice
Locally developed drug may halt Alzheimer's
Local Researchers Develop Drug To Battle Alzheimer's
Salk researchers discover potential Alzheimer's drug
Safe Way to Repair Sickle Cell Disease Genes, Study Suggests
Salk Stem-Cell Research Shows Promise in Sickle-Cell Disease
November 2011
AIDS: 30 Years of progress and promise assisted by La Jolla researchers
Tweaking gene turns tissues into super muscles
Research on fruit fly intestines by San Diego scientists -- may reveal the secret to vitality
Brain cell genomes show their individuality
Fruit fly intestine hold the key to fountain of youth?
October 2011
Williams syndrome shows gene-behavior links: Key to autism?
Eyes Are the Windows to the Soul; Skin Is a Window to the Brain
Super-social gene may hold clues to autism, other disorders
Salk biologist named editor of a top science journal
Salk Life through a Microscope
Salk finds possible way to combat deadly infant disorder
Salk Gets $4.5M Grant for Brain Research Center
Growing Schizophrenic Brain Cells In A Dish Helps Neuroscientists Study Mental Illness Up Close
Salk Institute gets $4.5M neuroscience grant
Genetic Alarm Clock - Researchers identify a gene that wakes people up from sleep each day
What Wakes You Up - There's A Gene For That
How your internal alarm clock works
September 2011
Salk finds gene that helps wake people up
Salk Institute's Fred Gage receives NIH award for transformative research
Salk scientists find could advance diabetes drugs
Bionic Bacteria: Superbug Potential For Organic Drugs And Biofuel
Salk scientist garners grant to study how astrocytes impact neural behavior
Salk scientist earns Whitehall Foundation grant
Non-genetic inheritance demonstrated over multiple generations
Hidden code in DNA ''evolves more rapidly than genetic code''
Research explains mystery of the BRCA1 breast cancer gene
Salk Institute Announces New Cancer Findings
Breast-cancer gene keeps DNA under wraps
Salk Researchers Discover How Defective Gene Leads To Cancer
The battle of the morphogens: How to get ahead in the nervous system
August 2011
Gleek$ Turn out at Salk Institute
Halfway point for 1,001 genomes quest
Symphony tunes up for evening with Idina
Salk Institute named global leader in plant biology research
San Diego's Salk Institute - Paving Way To Feed World
Working in an office is bad for your brain
Mapping plant protein interactions
Mapping proteins in a mustard plant
July 2011
Largest-ever Map of Interactions of Plant Proteins Produced
Largest-ever Map of Interactions of Plant Proteins Produced
Blood cells produced from human stem cells
Engineered mice can run longer; how will that affect humans?
Salk Science Star Rusty Gage Takes Helm of International Stem Cell Group
Missing Gene Helps Mice Run for Hours
Salk researcher a Rita Allen Scholar
Blood Cell Production Enhanced with New Method
Renewal of Agreement between Ipsen and the Salk Institute Supports Cutting-Edge Research
Salk plant biologist named to key post
Is Autism a Product of the Environment? New study discounts genetics
'Unnatural' chemical helps reveal protein action in brain cells
June 2011
The genome guardian's dimmer switch: Regulating p53 is a matter of life or death
Salk study shows strawberries may keep doctors away
Strawberries may help treat diabetes
Study: Strawberries Offer Many Health Benefits
Strawberries can reduce kidney failure in diabetics
Salk Institute Professor Receives Trio of Honors
Salk scientist Joseph Ecker, appointed as HHMI-GBMF Investigator
An Honor for Genome Work on 'Not Just Another Weed'
Salk Institute saluted as Partner in Education
May 2011
Salk scientist Joanne Chory lauded
Salk Institute Researcher Receives Royal Honor
Salk Institute names duo to Dulbecco, Guillemin chairs
Local researchers discover how to replace defective genes
Salk Researchers Edit Diseased Gene via Mutation-Free DNA Molecules
Local Researchers Make Major Diabetes Breakthrough
Salk researchers announce diabetes breakthrough
Salk discovery could lead to new diabetes drugs
April 2011
SCIENCE: Salk researchers find new cancer trigger
Schizophrenia Breakthrough By Salk Institute
Salk Institute Rewards Six Researchers
Salk Institute is keeping a secret
Engineered Mice Make Better Choices
How Do Neurons in the Retina Encode What We 'See'?
Salk researcher wins major award from Indiana University
March 2011
Customer Service and Training Benefit Research Facility
Salk Institute pushes limits of biological imaging
MASTERPIECES - Salk Institute for Biological Studies
New hardware to enable a computational brain
Salk taps into interrupting the aging process
Drug cures baldness... in mice
Video Feature: Aging, interrupted
February 2011
Hungering for longevity—Salk scientists identify the confluence of aging signals
Tumor cells thwart treatment with unusual morphing
Photonics, life sciences converge at Salk Institute
Prebys donates $2 million to Salk Institute
Lab notes: Recent discoveries at the region's top science institutions
Salk opens biophotonics center
Research Report: Reprogramming cells leads to errors
Study: Heart disease, inflammation, linked by heredity
Salk scientist gets $2.3 million to study Parkinson's
January 2011
A role to fill in motor neuron growth
Weight Gain May Be Caused by Thrifty Gene
December 2010
Tumeric Might Give Your Brain a Kick (Voice of America)
Overactive gene could pack on the pounds
Melanopsin Looks on the Bright Side of Life
Scientists discover new mechanism for sight
Salk Institute names two to board
Irwin Jacobs donates $6 million to Salk Institute
November 2010
Salk Institute Receives $6M Gift
Have San Diego Scientists Found A Cure For Autism?
Disease-in-a-dish approach gives clues to Rett syndrome
Autism symptoms proven reversible with stem cells
Autism mimicked by cells in a dish
Salk researchers make new developments in stem cell research
Salk Institute Medals go to Jacobs, Roeder
Salk Institute to share $15M grant
October 2010
The Places in the Brain Where Space Lives
FOR KIDS: Giving the brain a hand
Neural Diagrams Help Explain Color Vision
Cell aging mechanism discovered, Salk scientists say
August 2010
In the common cold, scientists find new hope for cancer treatment
Minnelli a down-to-earth diva at heart
Salk to Get $21M for HIV Study
San Diego Research Co-Heads Major HIV Research Project
$21M awarded to HIV research team co-led by San Diego scientist
Local Group Wins $21M HIV Research Grant
Local Group Wins $21M HIV Research Grant
A commitment to sharing wealth
June 2010
Group gives $6.5M gift to Salk Institute for research
The legacy of the Salk - Institute marks 50 years of biological science research
May 2010
Famed inventor Kamen joins Salk board
Salk announces four new business oriented trustees
April 2010
'Chihuly' a site-specific explosion of art at Salk
Secrets of egg-and-sperm race revealed
The talk of Salk: Chihuly brings in his glass works
Salk Institute nurtures the arts, too
Salk Institute celebrates 50 years of discovery, growth
In The Brain, It's All In The Timing
March 2010
Research Offers Clue Into How Hearts Can Regenerate in Some Species
Tiny fish might help humans fix damaged hearts
Salk Institute Gets Millions for Brain Research
Salk, UCSD researchers receive $4 million grant
Chihuly takes his sculptures outdoors at the Salk
Science Cancer Researcher Draws Inspiration From Nightmare
Power struggle between genetic master switches decides growth orientation in plants
February 2010
Rodent of the Week: A mouse with a human liver
'Humanized' mouse may offer liver disease treatments
The next frontier in athletic doping -- genes
Scientists generate a mouse with an almost human liver
Stress hormone key to new diabetes treatment
Jumping Neural DNA Key to Brain Plasticity?
Stress Hormone's Startling Powers
January 2010
Dual role for immune cells in the brain
December 2009
Clue for Alzheimer's: Slow down aging
Extend youthfulness to keep Alzheimer's at bay
Salk Study: Delaying Aging Delays Alzheimers, In Mice
Top 10 Scientific Discoveries 2009 - The Human Epigenome, Decoded
When you eat as important as what you eat
Salk Institute Board of Trustees Elects Leaders in Venture Capital and Publishing to Its Membership
Salk Gets Stimulus Funds for Data Center
November 2009
When you eat as important as what you eat
Many years later, a scourge returns
Learning How Animals Regenerate Body Parts
After Setbacks, Small Successes for Gene Therapy
Zebra Fish Considered Key To Regenerative Medicine
October 2009
S.D. researchers awarded stem cell funds
Scientists decode human genome's instruction manual
Making the Most of Opportunities and Challenges
3 U.S. scientists share Nobel Prize
Salk Scientists Turn Cord Blood Cells into Stem Cells
September 2009
Brain's response to attention is studied
In the Lab with Dr. Samuel Pfaff - The Search for Stem Cell Cures
August 2009
Society: Event hits the right notes for Salk
Tribute to leading Norwich scientist
Scientists Working On New Way To Treat Mood Disorders
Salk Institute President Joins Stem Cell Board
Group Hustles to Keep Stem Cell Center on Schedule
Tumour suppressor p53 also controls somatic cell reprogramming
AGEING: Unlocking the secret of youth
'Jumping genes' make us individuals
July 2009
New science of learning offers preview of tomorrow's classroom
Salk Presidential Chair Honors Qualcomm Founder Jacobs
Salk Institute to receive $3.8 million, 5-year grant
NIH designates Salk Institute a national basic research center focused on vision
Alcohol's Site of Action Revealed
June 2009
Scientists Zero in on Alcohol's Effect on the Brain
Proteins link diet to longevity
Salk Scientist Tells Why Eating Little Makes You Live Long
Research Report: Salk scientist honored for pioneering work
Editorial: Promising News on Stem Cell Research
Stem Cells Without Genetic Defects Heralded as Breakthrough
Diseased Cells Transformed into Healthy Stem Cells
'We Have Cured a Cell,' Report Says
May 2009
Salk Scientist Honored for Work in Gene Therapy
Salk Researcher Seeks a Cure for Blindness
This Is Your Brain on Architecture
April 2009
Salk Gets $5.5M From Helmsley Estate
Human nervous system: Better than thought
March 2009
Bioscientists focus on the new, vast potential of epigenetics
Nobel laureate shares story of 1950s brain research
Salk to join forces with drug firm from Paris
Scientists uncover biochemical pathway to block worst fears
Understanding How Fat and Calories Work Inside Our Bodies
Therapeutic Path for Down's Syndrome
Local Researchers React To Stem Cell Decision
Students and Teachers Spend Day in the Labs
'Fasting Signal' Offers Clues to Insulin Resistance in the Obese
February 2009
Another possible Alzheimer's culprit found
Salk Study Shines a Light on Eye Motion 
Scientists use fruit fly to screen for lethal brain cancers
Scientists Discover How Key Plant Hormone Is Triggered
How We Will Eradicate the Next Polio
January 2009
How memories form, fade, and persist over time
Researchers Develop Brain Cancer Model
December 2008
Antioxidant Fights ALS, Study Finds
November 2008
Foes of stem cell research now face tough battle
Four Added to Polio Hall of Fame at Warm Springs
Experts in science, medicine and technology weigh in on what the new president should do first
October 2008
Does Exercise Make You Smarter?
City approves Salk Institute expansion plan
Salk Team Finds Hair May Hold Cell Clue
Salk's New Leader Ready to Speak Out
Retiring president of Johns Hopkins to take over Salk
Edward S. Klima, Sign Language Expert, Dies at 77
September 2008
Stem Cell Consortium Gets $30 Million Gift
August 2008
Brain 'Master Switch' May Control Appetite, Fertility
You Can Get Your Brain Cells Back
Couch Mouse to Mr. Mighty by Pills Alone
Exercise in a Pill on CBS' The Early Show
July 2008
Microbe Offers Clues to How Cancer Works
In Sleep, We Are Birds of a Feather
June 2008
S.D. stem cell efforts awarded $5 million total
Light Sensors that Control Body Clock Found in Eye
'Circadian Eye' Could Be Key to Insomnia
Researchers Testing Drugs to Grow New Brain Cells
USDA Lab Renamed in Honor of Nobel-Winning Researcher
May 2008
Indian American Honoured for Cancer Research
Seeking the Fountain of Youth in the Cells of a Worm
State Stem Cell Agency Awards $271 Million in Grants
Salk Gets $20 Million Donation
Factors in Diabetes Might Trigger Alzheimer's Disease
April 2008
Researchers are Uncovering Treatments that Impact the Lives of Patients
Researchers Find Genetic Switch
Researchers Envision Stem Cell Lab
Salk Institute Launches $30M Campaign
March 2008
Salk Exposes Students to Science
February 2008
Link Between Excessive Nutrient Levels and Insulin Resistance Uncovered
New Center Will Study Evolution of Humans
New Neurons Essential for Spatial Memory
Vilcek Foundation Honors Innovation by Immigrants
January 2008
New Salk Program to Study Microbes
Polio Survivor Became Advocate for Educating Others
Local stem cell research group advances in quest for grant
Salk Finds a Partner in French Drug Firm
December 2007
Local Scientists Get Slice of the Stem Cell Research Pie
New Faculty Find Camaraderie in a Junior Stem Cell Scientists' Network
Safer, Cheaper Medicines Possible from Animal Testing
New Diabetes Drugs Bad for Bones
November 2007
Local Stem Cell Researchers Excited by Discovery
Biochemist Who Studied Origins of Life Dies
October 2007
Discovering the Sweet in Basil
Father of RNA World Theory Dies
Discovery of Retinal Cell Type Ends 40-Year Search
August 2007
Salk Veteran Named Institute's Interim President
July 2007
June 2007
Cancer Cell Line Behaves As Stem Cells
Salk Institute Cancer Center Profile
May 2007
Food Chemical 'May Boost Memory'
April 2007
'Gym Pill' Trips Fat-Burning Gene
March 2007
Stem Cell Program Awards $74.5M in Grants
Researchers Learn What Sparks Plant Growth
January 2007
Cancer Rate Down, But the War Not Won Yet
December 2006
New "Chemical Factory" Will Help Scientists Understand Red Wine's Beneficial Effects
Scientist: Don't Worry, Be Nappy
November 2006
Researchers and Hospitals Work Together to Beat Breast Cancer