The BK ion channel pictured above forms a small pathway in the cell membrane (dark gray) that allows potassium ions (purple) ...

Osaka Metropolitan University researchers have discovered the mechanism that drives the parasitic vine Cuscuta campestris to ...

A critical analysis of the latest literature data on changes in the viability of cancer cells under the influence of ...

Vaping during pregnancy is becoming more common, but its impact on early human development is not well understood. A new study by scientists at the University of California, Riverside, now reports ...

Hearing begins with the stretching of elastic molecular "springs" that open ion channels in the sensory hair cells of the ear. For decades, researchers have known that these gating springs must ...

Textbooks usually depict the epithelial cells encasing the interior and exterior of your body as passive barriers. But ...

Until now, skin cells have been viewed as barriers that can respond to electric stimuli. Turns out, they also generate ...

Ion channels are protein structures embedded in cell membranes that allow charged molecules to flow into or out of the cell. They support essential biological functions, including signaling or ...

A new study has unveiled a precise picture of how an ion channel found in most mammalian cells regulates its own function with a "ball-and-chain" channel-plugging mechanism, according to ...