Can Your Sense of Smell Predict When You'll Die?
Salk researchers find correlation between declining ability to smell and lifespan in worms
View ArticleResearchers Learn How to Grow Old Brain Cells
The new technique allows scientists to study diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's using cells from human patients
View ArticleSalk Scientists Discover Protein Factories Hidden in Human Jumping Genes
Researchers identify a new core element of primate jumping genes capable of producing previously unknown proteins
View ArticleNobel Laureate Elizabeth Blackburn Named Salk Institute President
Renowned molecular biologist and scientific leader to join Salk January 1, 2016
View ArticleSalk Cancer Center Appoints Reuben Shaw as New Director
Salk Cancer Center appoints Reuben Shaw as new director.
View ArticleMemory Capacity of Brain Is 10 Times More Than Previously Thought
Data from the Salk Institute shows brain's memory capacity is in the petabyte range, as much as entire Web.
View ArticleSame Gene Dictates Size of Two Sensory Brain Areas
The discovery has implications for understanding how the human brain evolved and how it varies between people
View ArticleBrain Guardians Remove Dying Neurons
By adolescence, your brain already contains most of the neurons that you'll have for the rest of your life. But a few regions continue to grow new nerve cells--and require the services of cellular...
View ArticleSalk Institute Medals Awarded to Pioneering Neuroscience and Cancer Researchers
The Salk Institute awarded two American scientists with its prestigious Medal for Research Excellence, a distinction that has only been bestowed twice before in the Institute's 55-year history. The...
View ArticlePowering Up the Circadian Rhythm
Salk team first to discover protein that controls the strength of body's circadian rhythms
View ArticleSalk Recruits Rising Star to Study Neurology of Mental Disorders
The Salk Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Sung Han as an assistant professor in the Clayton Foundation Peptide Biology Laboratories. Han will study small molecules, called...
View ArticleSalk Institute Among Top 25 North American Scientific "Stars" in Nature Index
Salk Institute ranks as one of the leading scientific "stars" in North America with high-quality output that has grown particularly fast, according to a new report by Nature Research.
View ArticleJohns Hopkins and Salk Co-Lead $15 Million Initiative to Unravel Bipolar...
Partnership of government, academics and industry will develop new ways of studying and screening drugs for major psychiatric illnesses.
View ArticleNew clues why gold standard treatment for bipolar disorder doesn't work for...
Lithium is considered the gold standard for treating bipolar disorder (BD), but nearly 70 percent of people with BD don't respond to it.
View ArticleThe novel coronavirus' spike protein plays additional key role in illness
Scientists have known for a while that SARS-CoV-2's distinctive "spike" proteins help the virus infect its host by latching on to healthy cells. Now, a major new study shows that they also play a key...
View ArticleBenefits of time-restricted eating depend on age and sex
Time-restricted eating (TRE), a dietary regimen that restricts eating to specific hours, has garnered increased attention in weight-loss circles.
View ArticleMicroprotein increases appetite in mice
Obesity and metabolic diseases, such as diabetes, are extremely common in the United States.
View ArticleThe brain's ability to perceive space expands like the universe
Young children sometimes believe that the moon is following them, or that they can reach out and touch it.
View ArticleMitochondria power-supply failure may cause age-related cognitive impairment
Brains are like puzzles, requiring many nested and codependent pieces to function well.
View ArticleWhy we lose fat and muscle during infection
Although infections can present with many different symptoms, one common symptom is the loss of fat and muscle, a process called wasting.
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