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

Smoking not only exposes you to potentially life-threatening illnesses but it also increases your susceptibility to ordinary but debilitating upper respiratory infections Read ahead to know!

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 ...

Unlike in their mouse model, human respiratory stem cells and olfactory stem cells collected in this process are difficult to separate.

The most important part of a dog’s nose that helps with detecting pheromones and chemical signals is the olfactory epithelium.

Genetic and image-based analyses of the olfactory epithelium revealed that this exposure selectively accelerated the generation of neurons that respond to these odors. This suggests that neurogenesis ...

In proportion to their total brain size, the olfactory bulb in dogs is about 40 times larger than ours. The anatomy behind these remarkable noses consists of an intricate network of parts. The most ...

Discover how a new 3D model is helping researchers understand the role of stem cells in our sense of smell.

The beating of cilia requires substantial production of energy-carrying ATP molecules by mitochondria. However, I know of no previous reports of a direct association between mitochondrial iron ...

The model shown in the top right box depicts a healthy state of respiratory epithelium with unidirectional movement of motile cilia performing mucociliary clearance function.