More than 20 million pounds of plastic waste accumulates in the Great Lakes every year. While crusty water bottles, fraying ...

The dynamic barrier formed by cilia helps prevent bacteria, viruses and other harmful particles from reaching the cells that ...

Scientists have discovered a previously unrecognized way that human airways protect lungs from infection—through the action of cilia, tiny hair-like structures lining the respiratory tract.

A novel method is proposed for the classification of epithelial cells and clue cells in wet mount microscopic images of vaginal secretions. Generally, there are many complicated ingredients in these ...

Cilia are outgrowths of the plasma membrane of eukaryotic cells that contain a specialised cytoskeleton. Motile cilia are present on multiciliated cells and use this cytoskeleton to move fluid ...