Precise Patch (IMAGE)

Brown University

Precise Patch

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New findings from applying a 'patch clamp' to the melanosomes of cells suggest that problems with an ion channel in the melanosome underly the lack of melanin production in albinism.

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Oancea lab/Brown University

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