Pairing vitamin D with certain foods and supplements, such as those high in healthy fats or magnesium, can support its ...

Detailed results from the phase 3 TEMPO trials show tavapadon offers a mechanistically distinct approach for managing motor ...

This narrative review argues that vitamin D is clearly important for skeletal health during the first 1,000 days of life and ...

DEAR READERS: As promised in a recent column, I am offering some insights about vitamin D. For a brilliant review of the evolution of life on Earth and our dependence on vitamin D, read this post from ...

A research team of the University Medical Center Mainz has succeeded in observing for the first time how G protein-coupled receptors in living cells actually respond to activating substances. The ...

Researchers at USF Health have discovered a new way opioid receptors can work that may lead to safer pain medications. Their findings show that certain experimental compounds can amplify pain relief ...

Now researchers from Japan's Okayama University of Science have found another way bitter taste receptors function in cancer cells. They discovered that the receptors, known as TAS2Rs, become activated ...

Vitamin D deficiency is common in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Vitamin D/vitamin D receptor (VDR) signaling intersects inflammation, oxidative stress/mitochondrial injury, fibrogenic pathways, the ...

When it comes to brain proteins, small changes can make a dramatic difference. Researchers studying NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptors, which are essential for learning, memory and moment-by-moment ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — When it comes to brain proteins, small changes can make a dramatic difference. Researchers studying NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptors, which are essential for learning, memory and ...

Three distinct snapshots obtained with cryo-electron microscopy illustrate the arrangement of two of the four symmetrical subunits that make a functional NMDA receptor. During activation, as the ...