Primary cilia (red) on the surface of cells. Defects in these antenna-like structures can cause a variety of diseases, called ciliopathies, which affect 1 in 2,000 people worldwide. Some might say it ...

Some see a finger. Others, a worm. Scientists often call it an antenna. This tiny structure, sticking out from the surface of most human cells, is known as the primary cilium. Though nearly every cell ...

Many cells in our body have a single primary cilium, a micrometer-long, hair-like organelle protruding from the cell surface that transmits cellular signals. Cilia are important for regulating ...

Now, in a recently published Journal of Cell Biology paper, scientists used a newer electron microscopy technique, called volume electron microscopy (vEM), to examine how primary cilia on developing ...