University of Michigan: This Protein Is How Creatures Sense Cold, Researchers Discover--It's Found in Organisms Ranging From Tiny Worms to Humans
August 30, 2019
August 30, 2019
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 30 [TNSscienceresearch] -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:
Researchers have identified a receptor protein that can detect when winter is coming.
The findings, published Aug. 29 in the journal Cell, reveal the first known cold-sensing protein to respond to extreme cold.
"Clearly, nerves in the skin can sense cold. But no one has been able to pinpoint exactly how they sense it," said Shawn Xu, . . .
Researchers have identified a receptor protein that can detect when winter is coming.
The findings, published Aug. 29 in the journal Cell, reveal the first known cold-sensing protein to respond to extreme cold.
"Clearly, nerves in the skin can sense cold. But no one has been able to pinpoint exactly how they sense it," said Shawn Xu, . . .