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Cells have many specialized organelles, including a kind of signaling hub called a cilium, which sticks out of the surface of most cell types like an antenna. Defects in cilia can cause serious ...

Cilia Found to Play Key Biosensor Role in Left-Right Embryonic Body Plan. January 9, 2023. Ciliated cells, 3D illustration. [Design Cells/Getty Images] ...

It's safe to say that cilia, the hairlike appendages jutting out from the smooth surfaces of most mammalian cells, have long been misunderstood -- underestimated, even.

Cilia may be capable of much more than acting as little antennae that sense signals outside of nerve cells. The stubby appendages may actually be able to send messages themselves , results from a ...

And these mice had other health problems. Revelations of cilia’s role in a host of diseases began pouring out from labs at Yale and around the globe. Dr. Martina Brueckner, associate professor of ...

New research by Sumeda Nandadasa, PhD, reveals how a key protein associated with Meckel-Gruber syndrome, nephronophthisis, ...

It's safe to say that cilia, the hairlike appendages jutting out from the smooth surfaces of most mammalian cells, have long been misunderstood -- underestimated, even.

Now, scientists at UC San Francisco have shown that cellular antennae called cilia, found on fat-forming cells interspersed in muscle, play a key role in this muscle-to-fat transformation. The ...

Previously, scientists had found that hairworms seemed to be missing cilia where they'd normally be found. Hairworm sperm, for example, do not have tails.

Cilia and flagella, ... FLATOW: I just found a while that he can actually create basically artificial, mechanical waving little things like cilia. LICHTMAN: Yeah. Exactly.

Motile cilia also are found in the male and female reproductive systems, where they help egg and sperm unite, and in the trachea, where they help keep the airway clean and open.