Voltage-gated proton channels are expressed in a variety of cell types and tissues. They were first described in snail neurons 1 and were subsequently found in many different species across phyla, ...

Researchers have identified an elusive molecular regulator that controls the ability of human sperm to reach and fertilize the egg, a finding that has implications on both treating male infertility ...

UCSF researchers have identified an elusive molecular regulator that controls the ability of human sperm to reach and fertilize the egg, a finding that has implications on both treating male ...

Figure 1: Electrophysiological properties and crystal structure of mHv1cc. Hv1 consists of two functional domains: the VSD and the cytoplasmic coiled-coil domain. The crystal structure of mHv1cc ...

Your parents may have taught you about the birds and the bees, but they probably never explained exactly how human sperm get their move on. The particulars of the environment sperm find themselves in ...

Reproductive biologists have identified the mechanism that triggers sperm's race to the egg, reports a study in Cell today. Stained sperm cells (Blue, nucleus; red, mitochondria; green, Hv1 protein ...

In high school health class films, sperm cells are shown zooming around with quick flicks of their tails, but they only jump into action when they are in the right chemical conditions — usually that's ...

Most of us probably think of sperm as rather active little cells, swimming with quick movements of their "tail" or flagella. But actually sperm's motility is in fact short lived. When in the male ...

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, have uncovered an unexpected molecular partnership that reshapes scientists' understanding of how brain inflammation arises in Alzheimer's disease.