Scientists at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have identified a key gene that could lead to next-generation treatments for medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor in children.

Research develops a better understanding of and exerts an unparalleled control of protein molecules. For the first time ever, researchers at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) ...

Potassium channels are openings that allow charged potassium atoms to cross the cell membrane. Voltage-gated potassium channels — which open only when a specific voltage is reached across the cell ...

Ion selectivity is an important property of cell membrane ion channels. For example, potassium ion channels are more permeable to potassium ions than to sodium ions. The mechanism underlying the ready ...

The potassium channel KCNQ3 is required for our brain to generate accurate spatial maps. In mice, defects in KCNQ3 function have measurable effects on the internal navigation system. The findings of a ...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes various symptoms that go beyond respiratory problems. Neurological, cardiac, and other issues can emerge during infection and after ...

Defying one of biology’s more persistent dogmas, a potassium channel combines functions once thought to be invariably asunder. This channel, which is found in common bacteria, incorporates a subunit ...

Working independently, two European-led research groups may have uncovered an important clue to the mystery of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), better known to some as Lou Gehrig or motor neuron ...

Potassium channels play a pivotal role in the regulation of T cell activation, proliferation and survival—key processes underpinning modern immunotherapeutic strategies. Two principal families, the ...

For decades it was assumed that protein channels and protein pumps fulfilled completely different functions and worked independently of each other. Researchers have now elucidated the transport path ...

For decades, it was assumed that protein channels and protein pumps fulfilled completely different functions and worked independently of each other. Researchers at Goethe University Frankfurt and ...