The way fruit flies identify similarities between odors offers a new approach for search algorithm

Discovery could help direct strategies to increase crop yields or breed plants better adapted to climate change

The grant will fund Izpisua Belmonte’s lab in attempting to generate functional primate organs and tissues in vivo in a large animal host, the pig

For more than a decade, scientists across the globe strived to replace failing pancreatic beta cells linked to immune destruction in children (type 1 diabetes) or obesity-associated diabetes in adults (type 2 diabetes)

Salk scientists show how immune receptors clear dead and dysfunctional brain cells and how they might be targets for treating neurodegenerative diseases

The new technique allows scientists to study diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's using cells from human patients

New technique to selectively and noninvasively turn on groups of neurons in worms could be boon to science and medicine

The new approach shows how cells in the spinal cord synchronize many neurons at once to allow complex movements

Salk scientists unveil how a critical molecule turns on T cells

The Salk Institute and Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute created a compound that stops a cellular recycling process.

Salk researchers find diet recommended for diabetics ameliorated signs of autism in mice.

Salk Institute findings on premature aging syndrome could lead to way of slowing or reversing aging process.

Salk scientists use molecular "scissors" to eliminate mitochondrial mutations in eggs and embryos.

Salk scientists discover a single protein that energizes both muscles and the brain.

Salk scientists discover how a "mini-brain" in the spinal cord aids in balance.