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Cellular membrane proteins play many important roles throughout the body, including transporting substances in and out of the cell, transmitting signals, speeding up reactions and helping neighboring ...

The ability to sense heat protects the body from burns and injury. But how the body actually feels temperature has remained an elusive mystery.

When pathogens enter our cells as part of an infection, our body will trigger a programmed cell death known as "pyroptosis" ...