cilia
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"I have been diagnosing PCD for 20 years by examining their cilia waveform, length, cell size and shape," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Commenting on Nikon's social media post, Edward Phelps, associate professor at Florida University, observed some of the structures "pop in and out of existence" and the cilia "appear from nowhere".
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
But the challenges made by other scientists include claims that the video contains shapes and movements which did not fit with normal cell structures or behaviours, and that the cilia seemed to be too big.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
And hundreds of centrioles, intended for eventual construction of cilia at the cell surface, got stuck in the cell body.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2024
The centrioles, which hoist the microtubules on which chromosomes are strung for mitosis, are similar separate creatures; when not busy with mitosis, they become the basal bodies to which cilia are attached.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Together, the patient genetics and experimental findings pointed to the primary cilium as an important part of the process that may contribute to congenital heart defects.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
The newly identified mechanism operates within the primary cilium, a microscopic antenna-shaped structure that extends from the surface of most cells in the body.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
Running a low positive voltage through a cilium triggers a chemical reaction: as a droplet of test fluid flows past, the electrified platinum breaks apart the water molecules within the droplet.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 11, 2022
He points out that Dogic's group created something that looks and acts very much like a cilium or flagellum with its multitude of proteins — but that may, in fact, work very differently.
From Nature ● Jan. 4, 2016
D. A motile rodlet with one cilium and with a spore formed inside.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
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