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Recent Salk news from the Conquering Cancer team
顶级癌症科学家 Thales “PapaG” Papagiannakopoulos 加入索尔克研究所
LA JOLLA—The Salk Institute has recruited globally renowned cancer scientist Thales “PapaG” Papagiannakopoulos, PhD, to join its faculty as a professor beginning in September 2026. Papagiannakopoulos has served as a …
DNA 的运动是否会影响其活性？
Highlights The genome’s dynamic 3D shape influences the expression of very specific genes The protein NIPBL is a key facilitator of genome structures that inform cell identity Findings may inform new therapeutics for …
这两个基因会让 T 细胞变得不可阻挡吗？
Highlights Scientists discovered key genetic factors that determine whether a T cell acts as a powerful disease fighter or enters an ineffective, exhausted state. Turning off two transcription factors allowed exhausted T …
索尔克的八位科学家被评为世界上被引用次数最多的研究人员之一
LA JOLLA—Salk faculty members Joseph Ecker, PhD, Ronald Evans, PhD, Rusty Gage, PhD, Christian Metallo, PhD, Satchidananda Panda, PhD, Reuben Shaw, PhD, and Kay Tye, PhD, as well as research assistant Joseph Nery have all …
增强这种分子能否减缓胰腺癌的进展？
LA JOLLA—Pancreatic cancer has the highest mortality rate of all major cancers, and its incidence is climbing. Because it is typically asymptomatic at early stages, pancreatic cancer is especially difficult …
索尔克教授戴安娜-哈格里夫斯因胰腺癌研究荣获 V 基金会奖
LA JOLLA—Salk Institute Professor Diana Hargreaves was named a 2025 All-Star Translational Award Program grantee by the V Foundation for Cancer Research. The award comes as a recognition of Hargreaves’ …
增强这种分子可能有助于在减脂的同时保留肌肉
LA JOLLA—About one in eight adults in the United States has tried or currently uses a GLP-1 medication, and a quarter of those users cite weight loss as their main …
Bile acids exacerbate liver cancer, dietary supplement may offer relief
LA JOLLA—Immunotherapy is a modern approach to cancer treatment that uses a patient’s own immune system to help fight tumors. It has made an incredible impact on treating cancers in …
Putting a lid on excess cholesterol to halt bladder cancer cell growth
LA JOLLA—Like all cancers, bladder cancer develops when abnormal cells start to multiply out of control. But what if we could put a lid on their growth?
Previous studies showed that …
你的免疫细胞就是它们的食物
LA JOLLA—The decision between scrambled eggs or an apple for breakfast probably won’t make or break your day. However, for your cells, a decision between similar microscopic nutrients could determine …
Unveiling Telo-seq: A breakthrough in telomere research on aging and cancer
LA JOLLA—Within each of our cells, long strands of DNA are folded into chromosomes and capped with protective structures called telomeres. But telomeres shorten as we age, eventually getting so …
Salk scientist Jesse Dixon named 2024 Pew Biomedical Scholar
LA JOLLA—Salk Institute Assistant Professor Jesse Dixon has been named a 2024 Pew Biomedical Scholar by The Pew Charitable Trusts. This honor provides funding to early-career investigators who demonstrate outstanding …
这次，事关个人：增强患者对癌症免疫疗法的反应
LA JOLLA—Immunotherapy has revolutionized the way we treat cancer in recent years. Instead of targeting the tumor itself, immunotherapies work by directing patients’ immune systems to attack their tumors more …
索尔克研究所收到保罗-安格尔基金会捐赠的 $5 万美元，用于开发胰腺癌诊断和疗法
LA JOLLA—The Salk Institute will receive a four-year, $5 million gift from the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation to support pancreatic cancer research. The project’s leaders, Salk Assistant Professor Dannielle …
Salk immunologist Susan Kaech elected to National Academy of Sciences
LA JOLLA—Salk Institute Professor Susan Kaech has been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Kaech is one of 120 new members and 24 international members to be elected …
向可用于临床的患者衍生器官组织迈出一步
LA JOLLA—Pancreatic cancer has the highest mortality rate of all major cancers and is projected to become the second-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States by 2030. It …
肺癌劫持免疫细胞新陈代谢，助长自身生长
LA JOLLA—Lung adenocarcinoma is the most common lung cancer and the cause of most cancer-related deaths in the United States. There are several ways lung adenocarcinoma can arise, one of …
索尔克研究所教授罗纳德-埃文斯荣获日本奖
LA JOLLA—Salk Professor Ronald Evans has been named the 2024 recipient of the Japan Prize in the field of Medical Science and Pharmaceutical Science. The Japan Prize Foundation awards this …