Hyperkalemia, which can induce signs of a heart attack or paralysis and weakness of the muscles, is defined as a level that is higher than 5.0-5.5 mEq/L.

Researchers at the Hangzhou Dianzi University in China have fabricated a perovskite solar cell with a multifunctional additive known as potassium trifluoromethanesulfonate (KTFS), which they claim ...

Scientists at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have identified a key gene that could lead to next-generation ...

Scientists at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have identified a key gene that could lead to next-generation ...

Now the crystal structure of a mammalian Kv channel has been published, providing important insights into how the structural features of these channels allow them to operate in eukaryotic cells.

SickKids researchers identified the KCNB2 gene as a key driver of medulloblastoma tumor growth. Blocking KCNB2 disrupts ...

Potassium channels whose inactivation can lead ... axon is formed by just two voltage-dependent conductances in the cell membrane, yet mammalian central neurons typically express more than a ...

Some tumor types spread throughout the body and develop metastases instead of staying at their original location.

A commonly-used heart drug derived from the foxglove plant can “dissolve” clusters of breast cancer cells to prevent the ...