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A Salk scientist\u2019s story, and why science can\u2019t wait<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\"Dannielle<\/a>\r\n\r\n

Your support helps our scientists move when progress cannot afford to slow.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Pancreatic cancer is devastating. It is often detected late, difficult to treat, and moves fast. Families can go from ordinary life to crisis in an instant.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Cient\u00edfico de Salk Dannielle Engle, PhD<\/a>, knows that reality personally.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

When she was in college, Dr. Engle got the call no daughter ever wants to get. Her mom told her to come home because her dad had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Fourteen months later, he was gone.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Ten years later, her uncle was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. All that time had passed, and yet there were still no new treatments. That didn\u2019t sit well with Dr. Engle. She wanted to do something about it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Today, Dr. Engle\u2019s lab at Salk is doing exactly that. She is asking foundational questions about pancreatic cancer biology\u2014questions that can reveal what drives the disease, what we can measure earlier, and where new strategies might emerge. This is the earliest stage of discovery, when the work is most essential and least visible. It is also the stage where a single seed grant can make the difference between an idea staying on paper and becoming real, testable science.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

That is why Salk\u2019s donor-funded Innovation & Collaboration grants<\/a> matter. These peer-reviewed seed awards fund the first experiments and the first data so scientists can move quickly, take smart risks, and bring complementary expertise together before traditional funding is ready. With your support, these grants fund the first experiments\u2014the critical step that turns bold ideas into real discoveries.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Right now, more promising ideas are waiting than we can fund.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

This is what Science Can\u2019t Wait means at Salk: giving scientists the runway to begin now, so the breakthroughs of the future have a foundation to stand on.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

We invite you to make a gift now to help fund the next Innovation or Collaboration Grant\u2014and give scientists like Dr. Engle the opportunity to pursue creative new ideas.<\/strong> Your support at any level helps move discovery forward and brings new possibilities within reach.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Science can\u2019t wait<\/em>. Please join us.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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