High-speed pumps: Cells use high-speed pumps to pump calcium ions out of their interior. A team has created the first comprehensive transport model of plasma membrane CaATPase (PMCA) to study calcium ...

We evaluated a family in which five siblings were affected by autosomal recessive sensorineural hearing loss. Despite the presumably shared cause of the disorder, there were clinically significant ...

Dendritic spines compartmentalize calcium, and this could be their main function. We review experimental work on spine calcium dynamics. Calcium influx into spines is mediated by calcium channels and ...

Parasitic wasps switch off the immune systems of fruit flies by draining calcium from the flies' blood cells, a finding that offers new insight into how pathogens break through a host's defenses.

UK scientists have identified a new way to kill pancreatic cancer cells by 'pulling the plug' on the energy generator that fuels calcium pumps on their cell surface. The study, published in the ...