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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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.