Volume electron microscopy reveals a novel cellular process that is critical for healthy brain development, with implications ...

For a long time, almost all attention was on the motile cilia because their function was readily observable. But scientists, starting with Alexander Kowalevsky had reported the presence of single ...

Scientists working with mice have zeroed in on the cells responsible for the most common and aggressive form of ovarian ...

Most cells in mammalian bodies have cilia of some sort, which are hair-like structures that perform a variety of functions such as movement for motile cilia and aiding in structure in function for non ...

In the Ediacaran Hills, researchers have found one of the first moving animals – and an even more distinctive feature is a ...

Cell membranes from comb jellies reveal a new kind of adaptation to the deep sea: curvy lipids that conform to an ideal shape ...

The CDC also notes that babies under 1 year of age and anyone with a compromised immune system or moderate to severe ...

In Usher syndrome, genetic mutations cause both hearing and vision loss. Cell biologist Professor Uwe Wolfrum from Mainz University is researching the molecular background of this rare genetic ...

Birth control remains legal everywhere, but in some states its become harder to access due to abortion misconceptions.

Researchers have identified the origin of ovarian cancer that develops in the fallopian tube, which opens doors to ...

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