In a noteworthy advancement, Group1 has launched the world’s first Potassium-ion battery that has been designed within the ...

Nerve cells are the information carriers in our brain. When transferring signals, they change their electrical charge by regulating the concentration of sodium or potassium ions via ion channels.

But in March 21 Nature, Emer Reeves and colleagues from University College London show that the killing activity of neutrophils works through activation of proteases by potassium ions (Nature 2002, ...

In 2004, a research group at Peking University First Hospital discovered a mutation in the gene coding for a sodium-channel subunit in individuals with a rare and serious disorder called inherited ...

Within the Johnston's organ, they found and studied a pathway called a potassium ion channel, which energizes neurons involved in the fly's hearing. Investigating further, they learned that a gene ...

Crystallization of a voltage-gated K + channel has not yet been achieved. Figure 4: Three ions in the potassium channel. From the medical point of view, the story is just beginning. Considering ...