A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has uncovered the atomic structure of a protein complex pivotal to ...

An international team of researchers, led by the University of Exeter, have been awarded a Wellcome Discovery Award grant of ...

Research by the University of Cambridge and University of Strathclyde reveals that cilia in the respiratory tract generate ...

The dynamic barrier formed by cilia helps prevent bacteria, viruses and other harmful particles from reaching the cells that ...

When cilia become compromised, cells are unable to sense and integrate signals and stimuli from the environment. This leads to syndromic ciliopathies, such as Bardet-Biedl syndrome, ...

Cilia, hair-like structures on cell surfaces, have been identified as a biological link between autism and congenital heart disease. Mutations in genes affecting cilia disrupt both brain and ...