The Salk Institute is a private, non-profit, research organization dedicated to fundamental research in biology and its relation to health, studying such challenging problems as the organization and operation of the brain, the control of gene activity, and the molecular origins of cancer, AIDS, and other diseases. Their mission includes goals of Education, Exploration, and Conservation. Biomedical research, grants. HHMI investigators contributed to the discovery of genes related to diseases such as cystic fibrosis and obesity, and to basic understanding of cell development and communiation. Scientists are employed by HHMI and conduct their work at HHMI facilities at leading research institutions nationwide.
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The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is a philanthropy whose scientists carry out biomedical research at the frontiers of biology. HHMI also awards grants for science education and international science. This basic research is targeted to the development new diagnostic methods and cancer treatments. Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals. The main task of the Institute are researches devoted to different aspects of animal systematics, paleontology, faunistics, and cytology.