Scientists have distinguished the features of nanosized hair-like cellular protrusions by combining fluorescence imaging with a microscopic technique that scans cell surfaces. Yasufumi Takahashi of ...

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 ...

The mechanism behind tubulin transport and its assembly into cilia have been observed in a new study, including the first video imagery of the process. "Cilia are found throughout the body, so defects ...

Seen through the microscope, a primary cilium (top; green and red) is seen protruding from an fibro/adipogenic progenitor cell (blue). Image by the Jeremy Reiter Lab Like it or not, as we age, our ...

Primary cilia are sensory organelles present on the cell surface; however, their physical structure has not been defined due to technical reasons. A new PNAS study examined primary cilia in human ...

Many people have never heard of cilia, but these tiny appendages that protrude from the surface of most cells have been found to be an essential part of many cellular functions. Researchers want to ...

Most people have never heard of them, and yet every living being needs them to survive: fine protrusions of cells known as cilia. They allow sperm to move, form fine protective hairs in the lungs and ...

Many a high school biology student has glanced into a microscope to see the planet's smallest animals -- paramecium and the like -- being propelled by the waving, hair-like projections known as ...