Marijuana's Active Ingredient Shown to Inhibit Primary Marker of Alzheimer's Disease
"[Our study shows] a previously unrecognized molecular mechanism through which THC may directly affect the progression of Alzheimer's disease," says Professor Kim Janda.

Slideshow: A Season of Science - Students and teachers got a taste of life in the lab this summer through Scripps Research internship programs.

Justin Chartron Wins Poster Awards

Scripps Research Scientists Successfully Test New Anti-Obesity Vaccine

Quantum Leap

Scientists Show Prion Disease Agent Can Cause Heart Damage

Researchers Map Infectious Hepatitis B Virus

Blood Work

Study Suggests Virus Uses Pressure to Sense when Full of DNA

Researchers Link Effects of Withdrawal to Compulsive Drug Use and Craving�

Scripps Research Holds 14th Commencement

Still on the Case

Study Results Offer Guidance in Treatment of Alcohol Dependence

Scripps Research Team Reverses Friedreich's Ataxia Defect in Cell Culture - Compounds newly developed by the Gottesfeld lab activate the silenced gene responsible for Friedreich's ataxia, a debilitating and deadly disease.