Researchers at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have developed CarGAP, a chemo-optogenetic tool that uses vitamin B₁₂ and green light to precisely control gap junctions, the ...

Ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) is one of the main cause of organ dysfunction after heart attack and solid organ transplantation, and occurs frequently when the new organ comes from a deceased ...

Twenty-week-old male SHR and WKY rats were used in this study. All protocols were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) at the Medical College of Shihezi University and ...

In their May 2015 Scientific American article “Cellular Small Talk,”Dale W. Laird, Paul D. Lampe and Ross G. Johnson report on recent discoveries showing that the disruption of cellular structures ...

Cells communicate with one another during development, but what are the steps that enable them to transition from local cell-cell communication to a globally synchronized tissue-scale behavior?

Neighboring cells exchange molecular information via channels that directly connect them. Disruption of this signaling system can lead to disorders ranging from hearing loss to heart disease Like ...

Researchers studying a critical stage of pregnancy -- implantation of the embryo in the uterus -- have found a protein that is vital to the growth of new blood vessels that sustain the embryo. Without ...

2D Image and 3D Structure of Gap Protein Junction from Eye Lens (IMAGE) Portland State University Caption 2D images, left, and the 3D structure, right, of the gap junction communication channel from ...

A new study by the University of California, Davis, shows how cells work together to avoid a sudden drop in blood sugar. Understanding these feedback loops could improve the lives of people with ...