These structures are highly conserved across species, from single-celled protists to humans, and are composed of a core microtubule-based structure known as the axoneme. Cilia and flagella are ...

Urinary stents and catheters are implanted medical tubes that are widely used in human and veterinary medicine to drain urine ...

Algae are the new delivery drivers: they are tiny enough to float in inhalable liquid particles and travel deep inside the ...

Among the most important PAMPs is flagellin, the main protein in bacterial flagella—the whip-like structures bacteria use to propel themselves. "Early detection of the enemy is a central tenet ...

Directly opposite stands an angel carrying whips with the inscription: “In flagella paratus sum” (“I am ready for the scourging”), sculpted by Lazzaro Morelli. An angel bearing the ...

Here, a new tool enables precise spatiotemporal control of this modification, showing that it physically recruits microtubule nucleation factors and thereby supports proper cilia formation and mitotic ...

13 June 2025, 9:30 am–5:30 pm We are delighted to welcome you this Summer to London for the 2025 Cilia and Centrosome UK meeting which will take place at University College London (UCL Institute of ...

Researchers from ETH Zurich, the University of Bern and Bern University Hospital have developed a non-invasive cleaning technology: microscopic cilia on the stent surface are activated by ultrasound ...