Historically, researchers have tested the safety and toxicity of chemicals by using biological assays, or bioassays. These tests involve exposing nonhuman animals – often rodents such as rats or mice ...

What if treating autoimmune diseases was as simple as regulating the acidity levels of parts of patients' cells? Genetic ...

Discover how protein intake, hormone balance, gut health, and exercise types work together with nutrients beyond calcium to ...

TTUHSC student researchers recently participated in the university’s 37th Student Research Week, organized by the TTUHSC Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. The event allows TTUHSC students to ...

Scientists discovered a way to block hepatitis B infection using an anticancer drug, offering hope for new treatments.

Touch a hot plate and your hand flies back. While the response is almost instant, researchers are still working to better ...

Researchers have confirmed that mammalian BK ion channels regulate themselves using a “ball-and-chain” mechanism. A recent ...

More than 120 million Americans suffer from diabetes or pre-diabetes. Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive form of breast cancer, and TNBC patients with obesity-driven diabetes ...

The death of an organism does not spell the end for its cells, according to new research. Cells have been shown to continue ...

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. The findings boost the ...

A new study has unveiled a precise picture of how an ion channel found in most mammalian cells regulates its own function ...

Western blot was performed as previously described (Lassiter et al., 2015). Briefly, muscle tissue, isolated mitochondria, and primary cells were homogenized in lysis buffer containing protease- and ...