A new role of calcium in the development of muscles has been reported by two RIKEN biologists.

Northwestern University researchers have identified structural features in engineered cell receptors that correlate with ...

Thanks to all those childhood lectures about the importance of strong bones and teeth, dairy has been drilled into our heads ...

Major breakthrough advances efforts in regenerative medicine UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.— When you press your finger against your skin, the tissue underneath temporarily stiffens to resist the pressure. Cut ...

"This is an unusual, beautiful structure that we are seeing throughout ... that this process is triggered when a neuronal signal causes calcium to enter the dendrite through voltage-gated ion channel ...

New research shows that a network of subcellular structures similar to those responsible for propagating molecular signals that make muscles contract are also responsible for transmitting signals in ...

New research reveals that brain cells use a muscle-like signaling mechanism to relay information over long distances.

Developed by Northwestern Engineering’s Igor Efimov and George Washington University’s Luyao Lu, the implantable device uses ...

Our case studies include four voltage-gated sodium (Na V) channel structures, five voltage-gated calcium (Ca V) channel structures, and one transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV) channel ...