Researchers have confirmed that mammalian BK ion channels regulate themselves using a “ball-and-chain” mechanism. A recent study by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine provides a detailed and accura ...

A new study has unveiled a precise picture of how an ion channel found in most mammalian cells regulates its own function with a "ball-and-chain" channel-plugging mechanism, according to ...

Ion channel proteins are concerned with inorganic ion transport, which is crucial for maintaining cellular homeostasis and metabolism. Their structural and functional abnormalities are related to ...

Maxion Therapeutics Ltd. has raised $72 million (£58 million) in a series A financing to support its development of antibody-based Knotbody drugs for ion channel- and G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) ...

Hearing begins with the stretching of elastic molecular 'springs' that open ion channels in the sensory hair cells of the ear. For decades, researchers have known that these gating springs must exist, ...

Study establishes 'ball and chain' mechanism inactivates key mammalian ion channel Date: March 4, 2025 Source: Weill Cornell Medicine Summary: A new study has unveiled a precise picture of how an ...