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Team develops imaging method to capture previously inaccessible coordination of tiny hair-like cilia in live organisms

November 9, 2023 cilia, cilia movement, female reproductive system, imaging technique, Infertility, optical coherence tomography (OCT), Research

This new method gives researchers access to study previously inaccessible roles of cilia in the female reproductive system and infertility.

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Zooming in on cilia sheds light into blinding diseases

December 17, 2019 Bardet-Biedl syndrome, blindness, cilia, cryoelectron tomography, Research, STORM, vision

Cilia are short hair-like structures found on the surface of most cells. They play important roles in human and animal development and in every day

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Revealing unique features of the ‘antennae’ on light-sensing neurons

August 21, 2018 cilia, non-syndromic blindness, photoreceptors, Research, retina, SPATA7

Practically all cells in the body have a single cilium, and antennae-like structure called the primary cilium, that seems to allow cells to sense their

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