Share on Pinterest New research in mice suggests a novel way to treat both forms of diabetes. 1130945222 Tom Werner/Getty Images Scientists have used synthetic antibodies to block cell receptors in ...

Research teams have identified, for the first time, where special receptors are located on heart muscle cells. Their findings open up new perspectives for developing therapies for chronic heart ...

Proteins that act like air traffic controllers, managing the flow of signals in and out of human cells, have been observed for the first time with unprecedented detail using advanced microscopy ...

In the heart there are two different subtypes of beta-adrenergic receptors - beta1 and beta2 - which are activated by the stress hormones adrenaline and noradrenaline. They both trigger the strongest ...