Muscle contractions depend on sodium and potassium levels. Here we share a list of ways in which this balance between sodium ...

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 find blocking the KCNB2 gene can slow tumor growth, paving the way for next-gen treatments for childhood brain cancer.

Scientists at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have identified a key gene that could lead to next-generation treatments for medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor in children.

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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.

The narrow region of maximum sensibility characteristic of the potassium cell is situated much nearer the violet end of the spectrum.

In 2004, a research group at Peking University First Hospital discovered a mutation in the gene coding for a sodium-channel ...

Certain tumor types do not remain at their point of origin but spread throughout the body and form metastases.