Adrenaline receptor ‘frozen in action’ by VIB researchers
Discovery means breakthrough for the development of new drugs based on GPCR’s
14-Jan-2011 -
Adrenaline, the hormone that prepares our body to fight or flight, acts on a hyperdynamic receptor. This molecule switches so fast between several positions, that it was impossible to image it. Until now. Scientists, including Jan Steyaert of VIB and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium, and ...
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