If primary cilia can act as one type of receptor, can they also act as other types? Yes, they absolutely can. In addition to acting as mechanoreceptors, there are examples of primary cilia being ...

Cilia in the nose, for example, detect smell molecules, and cilia on rod and cone cells in the eye help with vision. But cilia in the brain are more mysterious. The new research offers some clarity.

Cilia, the little "hairs" attached to almost all cells of the human body, ... for example during development, and are essential for passing on signals. ...

The researchers envision a cilia-covered chip as the basis of a diagnostic device that could test any sample of water, blood or urine to find contaminants or markers of disease.

For example, flow-induced passive cilia bending is required for mechanosensation of extracellular fluid flow (for instance, tubular fluid, urine) 18.

In a recent paper published in the journal Science, Associate Professor of Physics Zvonimir Dogic and colleagues present the first example of a simple microscopic system that self-organizes to produce ...

As the first example of a system that beats like cilia, the new models could have applications in fields ranging from cell biology to physics and nanoscience.

Each cilium had a volume of about 0.15 μm 3, which is 5,000 times less than the corresponding cell.Furthermore, each cilia had a surface area of 3.05 μm 2, which is about 200 times less than the ...

In lung cancer cells without cilia, for example, only 39% of cells survived treatment using erlotinib, compared with 72% of cells that still had cilia.

Working alongside Bayless in SCU’s new Sobrato Campus for Discovery and Innovation, students get experience in both cellular and molecular biology, using CRISPR technology to manipulate DNA to analyze ...

Left-right asymmetry is known to be established during early embryogenesis by a small cluster of cells termed the left-right organizer. Within this organizer, motile cilia beat rapidly to create a ...