In 2004, a research group at Peking University First Hospital discovered a mutation in the gene coding for a sodium-channel ...

The ion pathway contains a narrow selectivity filter (yellow ... 1,2 In May the group published its latest findings, which show what the potassium channel looks like when it is open and how ...

Scientists at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have identified a key gene that could lead to next-generation ...

How fruit flies mate may hold a key to limiting the spread of diseases by mosquitoes.

KCNQ1 is a potassium ion channel that plays a crucial role in regulating the electrical activity of the heart. It is responsible for the cardiac I Ks current, which is essential for maintaining a ...

Deep neural networks will allow signal transfer of nerve cells to be analyzed in real time in the future. That is the result ...

Figure 4: Three ions in the potassium channel. From the medical point of view, the story is just beginning. Considering their ubiquity, it seems safe to predict that ion channel mutations will be ...

you have to have the right combination of ion channels and transporters." More information: Shridhar Sanghvi et al, Functional large-conductance calcium and voltage-gated potassium channels in ...

SickKids researchers identified the KCNB2 gene as a key driver of medulloblastoma tumor growth. Blocking KCNB2 disrupts ...

A 2023 review notes that opioids act on calcium and potassium ion channels to produce pain-reducing effects. Tramadol (Ultram) is an opioid that can help with neuropathic pain. However ...

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.

Researchers find blocking the KCNB2 gene can slow tumor growth, paving the way for next-gen treatments for childhood brain cancer.