Center For Aging Research

The Salk Institute recently received a $5 million gift from the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research, becoming the third institution (with Harvard University and MIT) to receive major Glenn funding for studying the molecular basis of aging. The Glenn Foundation Center for Aging Research will draw from nine of Salk’s leading laboratories specializing in genetic analysis, stem cell biology, and metabolism research to address the overarching goal of defining a healthy lifespan, and answer one of the most elusive questions in biology: Is there a defined biological process of aging that is universal to all organisms? (www.salk.edu)   JANE SHIOMI