Although the human body is externally symmetric across the left-right axis, there are remarkable left-right asymmetries in the shape and positioning of most internal organs including the heart ...

Cilia, the little "hairs" attached to almost all cells of the human body, play a role in various cellular functions and cause diseases called ciliopathies when they are defective. Researchers from ...

Defects in left-right asymmetry are associated with numerous human disorders, including heterotaxy syndrome (a rare condition where many organs in the body can be formed abnormally), primary ...

The film discusses the anatomical and functional significance of the nose, throat, and ears from a medical perspective. It explains how the nose functions as an air passage that warms and filters ...

Loss of cilia leads to melanoma Date: July 2, 2018 Source: University of Zurich Summary: Most cells in the human body have a cilium, a slender cell protuberance that picks up signals from the cell ...

When Brian Bayless looks at motile cilia, he sees the arms of a swimmer. The tiny hair-like appendages that extend out from cell membranes inside the human body rhythmically whip, like a freestyle ...

Scientists have created tiny living robots from human cells that can move around in a lab dish and may one day be able to help heal wounds or damaged tissue, according to a new study.

To decipher that code, they took a cell from the human body and allowed it to grow in a novel environment to observe how the rules of self-organization play out. In 2023, Michael Levin, Vannevar Bush ...