Background Hereditary cystic kidney diseases such as nephronophthisis, polycystic kidney disease and Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) are caused by a dysfunction of primary cilia. Cilia are involved in a ...

New research by Sumeda Nandadasa, Ph.D., reveals how a key protein associated with Meckel-Gruber syndrome, nephronophthisis, ...

As damaged airway cells and cilia can no longer move debris and pollutants out of the airways, the risk of infection is increased. The team continued their investigation to find out how to restore ...

As damaged airway cells and cilia can no longer move debris and pollutants out of the airways, the risk of infection is increased. The team continued their investigation to find out how to restore ...

Scientists at Tufts have created a powerful 3D model of nasal tissue that reveals surprising new insights into how our sense of smell regenerates and why it sometimes fades. Contrary to past ...

We found that PM 2.5 air pollutants negatively affect mucociliary clearance, a major protective mechanism in the respiratory tract,” says lead author, Noriko Shinjyo. “Mucociliary clearance basically ...

Since 2008, chronic lower-respiratory diseases have been the third most common cause of death in the United States 1 — the most prevalent of these being chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

The team of researchers devised a new, easy-to-create, three-dimensional olfactory tissue mouse model or organoid to help scientists better study how neurons are continually formed in the nose and ...

Summary: Researchers have created a 3D mouse organoid model to study how neurons in the nose regenerate, revealing that a type of stem cell once considered dormant may be crucial for repairing ...