http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. The same mechanism that helps you detect bad-tasting and potentially poisonous foods may also play a role in protecting your airway from harmful substances, according to a study by scientists at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. The findings could help explain why injured lungs are susceptible to further damage. http://www.physorg.com/news167664659.html Medicine & Health Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:20:02 EST news167664659 The primary cilium, the solitary, antenna-like structure that studs the outer surfaces of virtually all human cells, orient cells to move in the right direction and at the speed needed to heal wounds, much like a Global Positioning System helps ships navigate to their destinations. http://www.physorg.com/news148742058.html Biology Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:14:18 EST news148742058 A UCLA study shows for the first time how microscopic crystals form sound and gravity sensors inside the inner ear. Located at the ends of cilia - tiny cellular hairs in the ear that move and transmit signals - these crystals play an important role in detecting sound, maintaining balance and regulating movement. http://www.physorg.com/news147360927.html Biology Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:35:27 EST news147360927 New work at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies reveals how a genetic switch, known as FoxJ1, helps developing embryos tell their left from their right. While at first glance the right and left sides of our bodies are identical to each other, this symmetry is only skin-deep. Below the surface, some of our internal organs are shifted sideways -heart and stomach to the left, liver and appendix to the right. http://www.physorg.com/news146062107.html Medicine & Health Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:48:27 EST news146062107 An international team led by NYU Cancer Institute have identified a protein complex that regulates the formation of cilia, which are found on virtually all mature human cells and are essential to normal cell function. http://www.physorg.com/news138375580.html Biology Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:39:40 EST news138375580 (PhysOrg.com) -- Yale University scientists today reported evidence suggesting that the tiny cilia found on brain cells of mammals, thought to be vestiges of a primeval past, actually play a critical role in relaying molecular signals that spur creation of neurons in an area of the brain involved in mood, learning and memory. The findings are published online in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. http://www.physorg.com/news137776131.html Biology Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:08:51 EST news137776131