Can You Feel The Heat? Your Cilia Can

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Cilia (bright red line) present in sensory nerve cells play an important role in our ability to sense touch and heat.
Cilia (bright red line) present in sensory nerve cells play an important role in our ability to sense touch and heat.

Johns Hopkins researchers and colleagues have found a previously unrecognized role for tiny hair-like cell structures known as cilia: They help form our sense of touch.


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