Raj Kumar, University of Houston (IMAGE)

University of Houston

Raj Kumar, University of Houston

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Raj Kumar, clinical professor of biochemistry, University of Houston College of Medicine, found a mechanism for how the protein, called Nuclear Factor of Activated T cells 5 (NFAT 5), works to regulate tonicity particularly in response to hypertonicity, an imbalance of water and solutes in cells.

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