The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2003

 

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2003
       
 

Cells signal with salt!

  
 

As you read this brief text enormous numbers of ion channels are opening and closing in your brain, of the order of 1,000,000,000,000,000 (1015). The amount of ions moving in the channels during this time would correspond to a pinch of salt. One wonders how much salt a good book would take.

 

  
       

 

 Contents:
| Introduction | The cell’s contact | Water channels | Ion channels | Cells signal with salt | Timeline | Further reading | Credits |
  Web Adapted Version of the Nobel Poster from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

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