A Texas woman died after contracting Naegleria fowleri, a fatal brain amoeba, from using unboiled tap water in a nasal irrigation device at a campground, prompting CDC warnings.

By reexamining 3D images used to map the connections between brain cells, researchers are uncovering new information about a small, elusive, and often overlooked cellular appendage.

Strikingly, the researchers also observed similar cilia defects in motor neurons from ALS patients with mutations in one of the most common genetic causes of ALS, C9orf72.

Ctenophores are unique creatures. They have eight sets of cilia, akin to tentacles, which they use to propel themselves through the ocean depths, some reaching more than four miles below the surface.

Left-right asymmetry is known to be established during early embryogenesis by a small cluster of cells termed the left-right organizer. Within this organizer, motile cilia beat rapidly to create a ...

The brain-eating amoeba is not new to Arizona, according to the CDC. The state has reported eight infections with PAM since 1962, and a Nevada resident died this year after a potential exposure in ...

Cilia are small hair-like organelles that extend from cells and perform many functions, including motility and signaling. Researchers have now revealed that cilia have a specialized transport hub ...

However, a synapse between an axon and a cilium has not been observed until now. Interestingly, cilia are present on almost every type of cell, which makes sense during development as cilia are ...

Perspectives > Of Parasites and Plagues Hazardous Waters: Lessons From a Brain-Eating Amoeba — Broader education and preventive efforts can help stop N. fowleri in its tracks. by Claire Panosian ...

A cilia-covered chip, the researchers say, could enable field testing that would be easier, cheaper and more efficient than lab-based tests—as well as using much smaller samples of blood, urine ...