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AIDS
NIH awards $21 million grant to study early stages of HIV-1 infection
Alzheimer's and Aging
Salk scientists develop drug that slows Alzheimer's in mice
Alzheimer's drug candidate may be first to prevent disease progression
Delaying the aging process protects against Alzheimer's disease
New insights into cell aging and neurodegenerative diseases
Hungering for longevity—Salk scientists identify the confluence of aging signals
Aging, interrupted
Cancer
Discovery explains how a class of chemotherapy drugs works
Stem Cell Study Finds New Treatments For Breast Cancer
Use the common cold virus to target and disrupt cancer cells?
The two faces of Mdmx: Why some tumors don't respond to radiation and chemotherapy
Plant Biology
What drives our genes? Salk researchers map the first complete human epigenome
Discovery of plant proteins may boost agricultural yields and biofuel production
Diabetes and Metabolism
"Fasting pathway" points the way to new class of diabetes drugs
How cells running on empty trigger fuel recycling
Biologists discover biochemical link between biological clock and diabetes
Feast, famine, and the genetics of obesity: you can't have it both ways
New avenue for treating insulin-resistant type II diabetes
A metabolic switch that may help diabetes treatment
Salk study may offer drug-free intervention to prevent obesity
Institute Videos
Unveiling of Chihuly's "The Sun" at the Salk Institute
The Gift of Art and Science
Chihuly at the Salk
Salk Institute - Celebrating 50 years of Discovery
Seeing Is Believing - Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center - Salk Institute
