Cardiology
Researchers discover how heart arrhythmia occurs
Researchers have discovered the fundamental biology of calcium waves in relation to heart arrhythmias.
Jan 19, 2014
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News tagged with calcium release
Diabetes
Mechanism behind age-dependent diabetes discovered
Ageing of insulin-secreting cells is coupled to a progressive decline in signal transduction and insulin release, according to a recent study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. The finding, which is published ...
Sep 17, 2014
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Medical research
Weakness in aging tied to leaky muscles
There is a reason exercise becomes more difficult with age. A report in the August Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, ties the weakness of aging to leaky calcium channels inside muscle cells. But there is some good ...
Aug 2, 2011
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Neuroscience
Nerve cells borrow a trick from their synapses to dispose of garbage
Genetic defects affecting tiny channels in human nerve cells lead to several neurological diseases that result from aberrant nerve transmission, such as episodic ataxia, absence epilepsy, and migraines. These disorders have ...
Mar 26, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Human skin begins tanning in seconds, and here's how
We all know that human skin tans after days spent in the sun. That relatively slow process has known links to ultraviolet (and specifically UVB) exposure, which leads to tanning only after it damages the DNA of skin cells. ...
Nov 3, 2011
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Neuroscience
Scientists find sensor that makes synapses fast
Synapses, the connections between neurons, come in different flavors, depending on the chemical they use as transmitter. Signal transmitters, or neurotransmitters, are released at the synapse after calcium ions flow into ...
Jan 17, 2017
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Medical research
Researchers solve 20-year puzzle of how heart regulates its beat
(Medical Xpress)—A 20-year puzzle as to how the heart regulates contraction appears to have been solved by researchers from the University of Bristol. The findings, published in the journal Biophysics, paves the way to ...
Jun 6, 2013
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Medical research
Mutations, CRISPR, and the biology behind movement disorders
Scientists at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in Japan have discovered how mutations related to a group of movement disorders produce their effects. Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the ...
Nov 12, 2018
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Cardiology
Understanding heart failure at the cellular level
A team of researchers at the University of Florence in Italy and the University of Connecticut Health Center have used a multidisciplinary approach to provide an unprecedented glimpse of what happens to the heart during an ...
Feb 18, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
Vitamin D may improve bone health in those taking anti-HIV drug
Vitamin D may help prevent hormonal changes that can lead to bone loss among those being treated for HIV with the drug tenofovir, according to the results of a National Institutes of Health network study of adolescents with ...
Jan 11, 2012
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