it has been difficult for scientists to explore cilia in brain cells with traditional techniques, leaving their organization and function unclear. In a series of papers appearing in Current ...

Note that while they may serve as sensory receptor cell specializations, primary cilia can simultaneously support major IFT functions of the cell (Figure 3). The primary cilium has gone from being ...

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

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

Prachee Avasthi took a winding path to specializing in studying cilia—the hairlike appendages that enable cells to move about and sense their environments. During her undergraduate days at the ...

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

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.