Premature infants are at risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, or BPD, a type of lung injury associated with increased ...

A cell’s primary cilia function like antennae. Operating like a 24/7 news outlet, these hairlike structures are present on ...

Dr. Kaplan and his colleague's findings provide strong support for the idea that ARL13B helps organize cilia through changes in the cilia’s surface, not just its inner structure. Dr.

In her lab at Washington University in St. Louis, endocrinologist Jing Hughes studies a peculiar structure that sticks out of the surfaces of human pancreatic islet cells: the primary cilium. The ...

Microscopic command centres in our bodies called primary cilia – once thought irrelevant – could be hidden switches powering ...

Implanted tubes that transport bodily fluids can get gross. A lab prototype suggests a new vibration-based way to keep them clean and prevent infection.

Whereas primary cilia have relatively little additional structure, motile cilia have both a central doublet of microtubules as well as inner and outer dynein arms and radial spokes, which are all ...

A new electronic skin sensor uses magnetic cilia to detect both pressure and magnetic fields for applications in health and ...

B.S. – Biology. University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA. Research in my lab focuses on better understanding how motile cilia structure affects its function. Motile cilia are tiny, hair-like, ...

A leader in genetics and cell biology, Susan K. Dutcher, of WashU Medicine has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. (Photo: WashU ...