Medical research

New route of assembly and ionic channel traffic in cardiac cells

Ionic channels—integral proteins in the cell membrane—are essential in several processes such as cardiac activity, nervous transmission, cell proliferation and the regulation of blood pressure. A study now published in ...

Oncology & Cancer

Researchers identify new therapeutic target for colorectal cancer

Researchers at the University of Toronto have identified a key protein that supports the growth of many colorectal cancers. The study, which will be published December 27 in the Journal of Cell Biology, reveals that a protein ...

Neuroscience

Signal blocks stem cell division in the geriatric brain

Scientists from Basel have investigated the activity of stem cells in the brain of mice and discovered a key mechanism that controls cell proliferation. According to the researchers, the gene regulator Id4 controls whether ...

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