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UW Madison study for understanding the effects of ion channel defects

 Made the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Working important discovery for the millions of people who are on drugs for common diseases of the heart and nervous system - Madison, Wisconsin.
The discovery of related ion channels, the molecular key players that generate electrical signals and control critical of the heart, brain and other types of cells to perform their jobs. . If everything is wrong in this process, called excitability, heart abnormalities may be fatal may arise and epilepsy.
 As stated in the nature of the current (January 31, 2010) Molecular Biology and construction, and researchers have shown how the structure that couples the two main parts of sodium ion channels may allow them to communicate.
The study, which addresses a central issue in biology ion channel, has important implications for the understanding of many genetic mutations that cause defects ion channel, which led to the weakening and sometimes fatal diseases.
About 40 percent of all medicines used to treat heart disease, nervous system and rates or ion channel blockers, "says lead author Baron Chanda, Ph.D., assistant professor of physiology.
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5/24/2011 11:10:14 AM