Air pollution is the second leading risk factor for death globally, with most of the world population subject to harmful air ...

known as "primary" cilia, was believed to serve little to no purpose. Despite the fact that almost every cell found in vertebrates has at least one primary cilium, the organ was regarded as merely ...

The story illustrates the power of translational research, or how unforeseen insights into our own health can be found within the simplest of organisms. Rosenbaum’s organism of choice to study cilia ...

And one of these mutations prevented MC4R from reaching nerve cell cilia in the brains of mice. Proteins called ADCY3 (red; yellow arrows for emphasis) and MC4R (green) can be found in the primary ...

What's more, the missing genes are responsible for the development of cilia, the hair-like structures present in at least some of the cells of every other animal known. Hairworms are found all ...

Chapman University postdoctoral researcher Ashraf Mohieldin, Ph.D., and colleagues used imaging at the level of individual cilia and proteomic studies to investigate a swelling in the ciliary membrane ...

Cilia are hair-like structures on the surface of your cells and are found in your lungs, airways, and other areas. They move in a wave-like motion to help position organs during a baby’s growth ...

known as "primary" cilia, was believed to serve little to no purpose. Despite the fact that almost every cell found in vertebrates has at least one primary cilium, the organ was regarded as merely ...