The transport of ions is essential to maintain electrophysiological balance on either side of the membrane, called osmotic balance, which is needed for signals to be transduced from their chemical ...

In the human body the salt content of cells and their surrounding is regulated by sophisticated transport systems. Special channels in the cell membrane selectively permit salt ions to flow in and out ...

Researchers from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland (EPFL) have mapped the molecular workings of potassium ion channels within the brain. The study titled, “A kinetic map of the ...

Clinical trial results provide rationale for continued study of the KCNQ type of ion channel. Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified a drug that works against ...

“Just like the transistor is the basis of computers, the ion channel is the basic element in many processes in biology,” explains Peter Burke, who heads the nanotechnology group at the University of ...

Cells send electrical impulses throughout the body, but electrophysiologists struggled to tune into these signals until the patch clamp technique was developed. Although biophysicist Bernard Katz from ...