A new PNAS study examined primary cilia in human islet cells using a multi-scale surface scanning electron microscope approach to obtain a three-dimensional (3D) image of their architecture.

and Harvard Medical School used super high-resolution 3D electron microscopy images of mouse brain tissue generated for creating connectomes to get the best look yet at primary cilia. Their ...

They are typically diagnosed through genetic screening and examination of a patient's cilia under a conventional electron microscope. The problem is, conventional electron microscopy is not ...

Cilia are small hair-like organelles that extend ... and maintenance of the cilia," says van den Hoek. "From fluorescence microscopy, we also know the exact timetable of the trains.

The challenge was to separate the cilia from the cells without destroying their many fine structural details, and then look at them under a particularly powerful electron microscope. Petra Kiesel, the ...

Most patients with PCD have subtle structural abnormalities within their cilia observable only by electron microscopy. When genetic mutations cause cilia to function improperly, the failure to ...

and Harvard Medical School used super high-resolution 3D electron microscopy images of mouse brain tissue generated for creating connectomes to get the best look yet at primary cilia. Their ...