Salk Discoveries
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Insect-eating plants have fascinated biologists for more than a century, but how plants evolved the ability to capture and consume live prey has largely remained a…
The best offense is a great defense for some…
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Kay Tye and researchers at the Salk Institute and colleagues have discovered the molecule in the brain responsible for associating good or bad feelings with a memory.…
Making a memory positive or negative
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Cancer can be caused by genetic mutations, yet the impact of specific types such as structural variants that break and rejoin DNA, can vary widely. The findings,…
Flipping the switch - Salk scientists shed light…
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A significant site of damage during COVID-19 infection is the lungs. Understanding how the lungs’ immune cells are responding to viral infections could help…
How targeting killer T cells in the lungs could…
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People wrongfully accused of a crime often wait years—if ever—to be exonerated. Many of these wrongfully accused cases stem from unreliable eyewitness…
Keeping innocent people out of jail using the…
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Time-restricted eating (TRE), a dietary regime that restricts eating to specific hours, has garnered increased attention in weight-loss circles. A new study by Salk…
Benefits of time-restricted eating depend on age…
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The brush of an insect’s wing is enough to trigger a Venus flytrap to snap shut, but the biology of how these plants sense and respond to touch is still poorly…
New protein helps carnivorous plants sense and…
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In a first for “sonogenetics,” Salk researchers control mammalian cells with sound. The method paves the way toward non-invasive versions of deep brain…
Progress for sonogenetics, a non-invasive way to…
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Salk researchers have made inroads into understanding how the mammalian brain encodes social rank and uses this information to shape behaviors. In mice engaged in a…
How the brain encodes social rank and…
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In collaboration with the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department, scientists from the Salk Institute and UC San Diego Health conducted a clinical trial and found that…
Time-restricted eating is feasible for…
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