Textbooks usually depict the epithelial cells encasing the interior and exterior of your body as passive barriers. But ...

Now, US researchers have discovered that the epithelial cells that line our skin and organs are able to signal the same way ...

Lysosomes' function is driven by signals involving calcium ions (Ca2+). These ions are important messengers both within and ...

Scientists discover "electric spiking" communication in previously thought to be mute cells, paving the way for bioelectric ...

Their findings suggest that calcium ions can selectively influence how primitive polymers form, shedding light on a long-standing mystery: how life's molecules came to prefer a single "handedness ...

Calcium ions in the muscles attach to proteins called ... allowing all of the organs and organ systems in the body to work effectively. A reduction in ATP due to magnesium deficiency causes ...

However, the complexity and fragility of BK channels have made studying them difficult. Calcium ions can trigger a BK channel to open its central passage or "pore," allowing a massive flow of ...

McGill University researchers have demonstrated that AMPA receptors (AMPARs), which mediate fast excitatory neurotransmission ...

However, the complexity and fragility of BK channels have made studying them difficult. Calcium ions can trigger a BK channel to open its central passage or "pore," allowing a massive flow of ...