Once dismissed as the cellular equivalent of tonsils, primary cilia are now known to be invaluable antennae that help cells sense their environment. UAB's Bradley Yoder has helped connect primary ...

Researchers from Vanderbilt University have developed a system of artificial cilia that can reportedly monitor mucus ...

Dysfunctions of the tiny cell processes (primary cilia) of the pancreatic beta cells could be a cause of type 2 diabetes.

The paper, titled "Sensory Artificial Cilia for In Situ Monitoring of Airway Physiological Properties," is published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In their paper ...

For a long time, almost all attention was on the motile cilia because their function was readily observable. But scientists, starting with Alexander Kowalevsky had reported the presence of single ...

The primary cilia observed in this study came from both animal and human beta cells. The researchers examined how the skeletal structure (axoneme) formed by microtubules is organized. They discovered ...

Cilia Flores is the latest Venezuelan official to have sanctions imposed on her The US treasury department has imposed financial sanctions on Venezuela's First Lady, Cilia Flores. The move comes ...

Laurent received his PhD in Sociology from CU Boulder in 2020. His interests include environmental sociology, social psychology, culture, and race. When not on campus, he tirelessly goes up and down ...

To aid in assessing the impact of chemicals and drugs on cilia function in the small airway epithelium, the lung cilia beat frequency analysis in vitro assay is the ideal option. Using the ...