Meanings
proper noun
- A surname.
A study published in 2016 by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California, showed signs of aging could be expunged in genetically aged mice, exposed for a short time to four main Yamanaka factors, without erasing the cells’ identity.
2022 June 2, Sandee LaMotte, “The ‘Benjamin Button’ effect: Scientists can reverse aging in mice. The goal is to do the same for humans”, in CNN
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APA
Salk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Salk
MLA
“Salk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Salk. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Salk,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Salk.
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