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Lund University

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The dark red illustration shows the human counterpart to the temperature receptor of the malaria mosquito which has now been studied. The mechanism of how the flow of positive ions through the channel is controlled by the temperature is unclear, but the study shows that most of the part inside the cell is unnecessary.

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Picture: Sabeen Survery and Urban Johanson.

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