An invited blog post published by Nature Bioengineering Research Community on the recent Abbott lab paper on designer neurotransmitters ( Rían Manville and Geoff Abbott…
Abbott Lab Designer Neurotransmitters
News on KCNQ5 activation by hypotensive herbs
Nice pictures and discussion of the Abbott and Jepps labs’ recent paper on KCNQ5 activation by hypotensive herbs (Rían Manville et al., PNAS 2019)….
News features on KCNQ5 hypotensive herbs discovery
News sites pick up on the KCNQ5 herbal target discovery paper published in PNAS….
Mechanism of herbal hypotensive medicines discovered
A collaborative study by the Abbott Bioelectricity Lab and the Jepps lab in University of Copenhagen has been published today in PNAS. We show that ten commonly consumed plants with reported hypotensive properties all activate KCNQ5, a potassium channel expressed in the vasculature and brain. The results demonstrate an unexpected unifying mechanism for a diverse…
Science Symposium (US National Park Service)
Prof. Abbott will be presenting results of research on native California forest medicinal plants at the National Parks Symposium in San Francisco, September 5th, 2019. The research was conducted in a collaboration between the Abbott Bioelectricity Lab, the National Parks Conservancy and Muir Woods National Monument….
Molecular mechanism for therapeutic effects of cilantro
The Abbott Bioelectricity Lab discovery of a potent anticonvulsant compound in cilantro leaf is published online today in Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology – FASEB Journal: https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.201900485R Congratulations to first author Donnchadh Rían Manville!…
