Ion Channels as Therapeutic Targets--CHI's Fourth Annual Conference.

The Ion Channels as Therapeutic Targets meeting, held in Boston, included topics covering new therapeutic developments in the field of ion-channel drug discovery. This conference report highlights selected presentations on sensory transient receptor potential channels, potassium-channel modulation, as well as methods for chloride-channel screening and channel occupancy evaluation. Human genetic mutations observed in channelopathies and methods to predict the cardiovascular safety of ion-channel modulators were also discussed.