However, despite this list of molecules, we still cannot formulate the set of rules needed to generate a motile cell, or a lamellipodium, or even a comet tail. The purified system has confirmed ...

They discovered that a second-long shock emitted by an electrode (dark circle in the center), preferentially causes growth of (orange) motile cells, rather than (blue) matrix-producing cells ...

These solitary and apparently nonfunctional cilia are far more widespread than the motile type. For example, in humans, only a few cell types have motile cilia, namely sperm, epithelia cells in ...

One way that cancer cells can become motile is to adopt an elongated shape that has distinct front and back facing sides. The front end of these elongated or ‘mesenchymal’-shaped cells contains ...

As the site of Earth's oldest fossil animals, the Ediacara biota, the national park is being considered for UNESCO World ...

Volume electron microscopy reveals a novel cellular process that is critical for healthy brain development, with implications ...

In new research done on mice, scientists point the finger at a small subset of blood stem cells, which make an outsized contribution to maintaining either a ... Oct. 24, 2024 — Researchers ...

Oct. 24, 2024 — A new study conducted in roundworms finds that a common plastic ingredient causes breaks in DNA strands, resulting in egg cells with the wrong number ...

Cells are the smallest unit of life and the building blocks for all organisms. Each component of a cell has its own function. Animal and plant cells differ and they have similarities. Nucleus ...

At present, I am a post-doctoral researcher in Pekka’s lab at University of Helsinki. Currently I am interested in identifying and functionally characterizing the roles of various proteins involved in ...

Most cells in mammalian bodies have cilia of some sort, which are hair-like structures that perform a variety of functions such as movement for motile cilia and aiding in structure in function for non ...

Noncanonical Wnt signaling pathway. Dr. Gujral’s lab explores how this pathway contributes to changes in cell state that contribute to fibrosis and cancer. In both diseases, this pathway triggers a ...