The following is a brief report of the inaugural Worldwide Sodium Channels Conference, held in Grindelwald, Switzerland, in January 2024. This excellent in-person conference followed the highly successful online Worldwide Sodium Channel Seminars series which started following the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2021. We present here our highlights of the 45 presentations delivered over the two-and-a-half-day conference, focusing on key outputs from each of the eight sessions.
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