News tagged with motile cilia
Airway cells use 'tasting' mechanism to detect and clear harmful substances
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 ...
Jul 24, 2009 |
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Scientists identify gene crucial to normal development of lungs and brain
Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have identified a gene that tells cells to develop multiple cilia, tiny hair-like structures that move fluids through the lungs and brain. The finding ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Flatworms' minimalist approach to cell division reveals molecular architecture of human centrosome
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and the Stowers Institute for Medical Research have discovered that planarians, tiny flatworms fabled for their regenerative powers, completely lack ...
Jan 05, 2012 |
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Researchers identify new role for cilia protein in mitosis
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have described a previously unknown role for the cilia protein IFT88 in mitosis, the process by which a dividing cell separates its chromosomes containing the ...
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Worm research defines the role of multiple disease genes in cilia
(PhysOrg.com) -- University College Dublin researchers led by Conway Fellow, Dr Oliver Blacque have outlined how cilia disease gene products regulate important aspects of early cilium formation and the integrity ...
Mar 28, 2011 |
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Making cells turn cartwheels
Centrioles are barrel-shaped connection hubs that, like key Meccano parts, hold together the microtubule connection rods that form the structural framework of the cells in our bodies.
Feb 01, 2011 |
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Because of the canine genome, human genetic diseases better understood
A dog is mankind's best friend: the old saying has once again been borne out through a medical discovery concerning the genetic origins of primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD). In using dogs as a research model in the framework ...
Dec 10, 2010 |
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Scientists find gene linked to congenital heart defect
(PhysOrg.com) -- A gene that can cause congenital heart defects has been identified by a team of scientists, including a group from Princeton University. The discovery could lead to new treatments for those ...
Dec 06, 2010 |
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Mysterious cilium functions as cellular communication hub, study shows
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nearly all mammalian cells have what's called a primary cilium -- a single, stump-like rod projecting from the smooth contours of the cell's outer membrane. Unlike its more flamboyant cousins, the motile ...
Jun 24, 2010 |
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Some skin cancer may be mediated by primary cilia activity
Tiny, solitary spikes that stick out of nearly every cell in the body play a central role in a type of skin cancer, new research has found. The discovery in mice shows that the microscopic structures known as primary cilia ...
Aug 23, 2009 |
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Some brain tumors may be mediated by tiny filament on cells
UCSF scientists have discovered that a tiny filament extending from cells, until recently regarded as a remnant of evolution, may play a role in the most common malignant brain tumor in children.
Aug 23, 2009 |
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