The results of experiments in mice models were "astounding," said biochemist Suzanne Pfeffer of Stanford University.

New research by Sumeda Nandadasa, Ph.D., reveals how a key protein associated with Meckel-Gruber syndrome, nephronophthisis, ...

Stanford researchers discovered that dialing down an overactive enzyme, LRRK2, can regrow lost cellular “antennae” in key ...

A team of scientists, led by Dr. Helen Willsey from University of California, San Francisco, U.S., discovered that tiny hair-like structures called cilia, found on the surface of almost every cell, ...

The findings of two recent studies give hope that the disease could one day be reversed in humans—but experts warn that this ...

Pancreatic Cell Cilia Wiggle to Control Insulin Release Tiny hairlike structures on pancreatic cells have long been considered static sensors. Now, researchers say they move and help regulate insulin ...

Now, in a recently published Journal of Cell Biology paper, scientists used a newer electron microscopy technique, called volume electron microscopy (vEM), to examine how primary cilia on developing ...

A new study from Stanford Medicine has found that stopping an overactive enzyme in the brain might help protect and even ...

Many cells in our body have a single primary cilium, a micrometer-long, hair-like organelle protruding from the cell surface that transmits cellular signals. Cilia are important for regulating ...

New research by Sumeda Nandadasa, PhD, reveals how a key protein associated with Meckel-Gruber syndrome, nephronophthisis, ...

Human tracheal skin cells self-assemble into multi-cellular, moving organoids called anthrobots. These images show anthrobots with cilia on their surface (yellow) distributed in different patterns ...

Scientists have created tiny living robots from human cells that can move around in a lab dish and may one day be able to help heal wounds or damaged tissue, according to a new study.