So I am madly scrambling to do a paper that I have had all semester to do XD Of course!!
I have stumbled across something really interesting in my research tho! I really should just read the biochemistry journals for fun, because after I start reading I understand and it is really really cool.
I don't expect anyone to read this, but I will explain it to the best of my ability. You have a receptor in your body called the SUR1 receptor it is called this because it bind sulphonated urea to regulate it's self. It is expressed in the beta cells which spit insulin into your blood normally and uses a rather fascinating method for regulating itself. Anyways, problems with it lead to diabetes. BUT they have recently discovered that expression of this receptor is linked to another ion channel which leads to ATP-induced cell-death! But these are only expressed in nerve cells and only in damaged areas. In spinal chord injury has two waves the original injury and they an autodestructive phase where the injury gets worse due to hemmorage and no one knew WHY but they discovered that this second expression of the SUR1-linked protein is what leads to a large portion of the damage.
So cool *___*
P.S. Movies I really really really want to be seen done in
reel_johnny: X-men, The Losers, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.