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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

The study, led by Penn State researchers, and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that the well-studied family of proteins—potassium ion channels in the ...

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 ...