Cilia drive fluid flow in development and physiology, but this requires that all cilia in a tissue orient the same way. Earlier studies indicated that both planar cell polarity (PCP) signalling ...

What if the next big breakthrough in biotechnology was inspired not by machines-but by microscopic hairs? Deep within the ...

Louis, endocrinologist Jing Hughes studies a peculiar structure that sticks out of the surfaces of human pancreatic islet cells: the primary cilium. The cilia are antenna-like organelles that sense ...

Cilia are small hairs which beat to push the mucus back up the trachea so it can be swallowed and destroyed in the stomach. Clean air then enters the two bronchi, one bronchus going to each lung.

Proteins in the sheath of cellular protrusions control how effectively cells can adhere to surfaces. Biological cells often ...

Laboratory of Human Genetics & Therapeutics, Smart Health Initiative, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST ...