Tiny pores, or channels, embedded in cell membranes are critical to the healthy functioning of cells.

The discovery, using state-of-the-art informatics tools, increases the likelihood that it will be possible to predict much of the fundamental structure and function of the brain without having to measure every aspect of it.

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The new Dynaflow Resolve System was developed in close collaboration with leading ion-channel research groups to meet

A recent study led by Gergely Lukacs, a professor at McGill University's Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology, and published in the January issue of Cell, has shown that restoring normal function to the mutant gene product responsible for cystic fibrosis (CF) requires correcting two distinct structural defects.

The mechanism involved in the detection of hyperosmolarity by TRP channels is clarified, with a newly discovered molecule preventing apoptosis.