Like the hairs they resemble, cilia come in all lengths, from short to long. But unlike the hair on our heads, the length of sensory cilia on nerve cells in our noses is of far more than merely ...

New research has unraveled the mystery of how microscopic cilia coordinate to move and propel marine creatures through water. Cilia are tiny, hair-like protrusions found in many organisms, including ...

Now, in a recently published Journal of Cell Biology paper, scientists used a newer electron microscopy technique, called volume electron microscopy (vEM), to examine how primary cilia on developing ...

The determination of left and right in the body plan is achieved by fluid flow in vertebrate embryos 1 with a few exceptions 2. In the mouse embryo, breaking of left–right (L–R) symmetry is triggered ...

Nerve cells in the brain make elaborate connections and exchange lightning-quick messages that captivate scientists. But these cells also sport simpler, hairlike protrusions called cilia. Long ...

Researchers found fewer structures called primary cilia in the brains of mice born with Fragile X syndrome. This provides a clue into possibly treating neurodevelopmental disorders. Structures called ...

Attached to nearly every human cell is an antenna-like structure known as the primary cilium, which senses the cell’s environment and controls how it responds to signals from its surroundings. New ...

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Primary cilia are microscopic sensory antennae that transmit extracellular signals into intracellular biochemical responses. Growing evidence indicates that primary cilia are implicated in brain ...

A coronavirus infection can mow down the forests of hairlike cilia that coat our airways, destroying a crucial barrier to keeping the virus from lodging deep in the lungs. Normally, those cilia move ...