The researchers' findings, reported in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, which involve radial spoke 3 (RS3), help answer some fundamental questions about how motile cilia work and could ...

The film discusses the anatomical and functional significance of the nose, throat, and ears from a medical perspective. It explains how the nose functions as an air passage that warms and filters ...

The female reproductive organs include several key structures, such as the ovaries, uterus, vagina, and vulva. These organs function in fertility, conception, pregnancy, and childbirth. The ...

August – New funding! Our MPI NIH R01 study “Revealing cilia function in the human fallopian tubes” with the University of Arizona (MPI: Jennifer Barton and Irina Larina) has been funded for 5 years.

A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has uncovered the atomic structure of a protein complex pivotal to the function of motile cilia, the hair-like structures extending from the ...

A pellicular complex associated with the somatic, oral, and anterior ventral field cilia is revealed clearly by scanning electron microscopy in pre-reproductive (precystic) swimming individuals of the ...