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Ion Channels
Ion channels are pore-forming membrane proteins that allow ions to pass through the channel pore. Their functions include establishing a resting membrane potential, shaping action potentials and other electrical signals by gating the flow of ions across the cell membrane, controlling the flow of ions across secretory and epithelial cells, and regulating cell volume. Ion channels are present in the membranes of all excitable cells. Ion channels are one of the two classes of ionophoric proteins, along with ion transporters (including the sodium-potassium pump, sodium-calcium exchanger, and sodium-glucose transport proteins).
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DEC 20, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A fungal-targeting drug was shown to improve symptoms of cystic fibrosis particularly key biomarkers in lung tissue cult
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 23, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Therapeutically relevant ion channels have inspired researchers to look into drugs that can regulate their activity. Ion
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 06, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have generated structural images of a newly-described class of ion channels that help maintain the balance of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The NMDA receptor is known to play a crucial role in memory, and synaptic plasticity - where neurons change, altering ne
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 27, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is term that describes a gut disorder that causes abdominal pain, cramping, diarrhea or c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 24, 2020
Cardiology
With the advancement of genomics and genome sequencing, it has become possible for researchers to study diseases down to
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
JUL 11, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have begun to examine how cocaine exposure alters gene expression in a specific region of the brain, and the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 02, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have now learned more about a critical protein in the brain called the NMDA receptor, tracking every atom as
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 09, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from the University of Warwick in England have found that specific cells in the brain can both stimulate and
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 06, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Nature, scientists have learned more about a critical channel that sits in cell membranes, called PANX1. Th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 01, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Perchlorate dissolves easily and can be found contaminating drinking water in the United States.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 31, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have created many different implantable devices and medicines that are as simple as pacemakers or as complex
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 17, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 28, 2020
Microbiology
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 27, 2020
Technology
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...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 26, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
It may one day be possible to treat hormone-related diseases using this method.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 23, 2020
Cardiology
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...
Written By:
Lawrence Renna
DEC 14, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 06, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
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...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
OCT 30, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a first, researchers have produced detailed images of a molecule in the skin as it senses various temperatures.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 17, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
A group of organic chemists at California Institute of Technology has come up with a synthesis method to produce a natur
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 07, 2019
Clinical & Molecular DX
Hypertension is also known as high blood pressure is a serious condition. According to the Centers for Disease Cont
...
Written By:
Nupur Srivastava
SEP 27, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
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...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 27, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
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...
Written By:
Annie Lennon