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A Double Lock Gates Calcium Signaling
A Double Lock Gates Calcium Signaling
Recent studies settle a debate over how the second messenger NAADP, with no known binding site, evokes calcium release from ion channels.
Recent studies settle a debate over how the second messenger NAADP, with no known binding site, evokes calcium release from ion channels.
calcium signaling
Sweet Taste Receptors Regulate Proteins in Developing Fruit Flies
Tess Joosse | Nov 14, 2022 | 2 min read
An unexpected find shows that sweet-sensing receptors also help epithelial cells in Drosophila larvae stay alive amid proteotoxic stress.
From Imaging to Kinetics: Measuring Calcium Signaling
Tecan | Sep 27, 2021 | 1 min read
Streamlining and automating cell-based assays for measuring intracellular calcium.
Live-cell Imaging
The Scientist’s Creative Services Team | Aug 27, 2020 | 1 min read
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Image of the Day: Muting Muscle Spasms
Amy Schleunes | Apr 16, 2020 | 1 min read
Nimodipine, a drug used to treat brain hemorrhages, alleviates spasticity in mice after spinal cord injuries.
Image of the Day: Calcium Signaling
The Scientist Staff and The Scientist Staff | Feb 20, 2018 | 1 min read
Researchers used light-sheet microscopy to form 3-D images of the process in primary cortical neurons from embryonic rats.
Image of the Day: Actin Burst
The Scientist Staff and The Scientist Staff | Dec 6, 2017 | 1 min read
Researchers are looking at actin polymerization and calcium uptake in human cells to study mitochondrial division.
How Hot Peppers Can Ease Pain
Anna Azvolinsky | Feb 11, 2015 | 3 min read
Researchers uncover one way capsaicin—the spicy compound found in chili peppers—provides pain relief.
The Energizer
Megan Scudellari | May 1, 2014 | 8 min read
György Hajnóczky uncovers the chemical and physical strategies by which mitochondria communicate and function within a cell.