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cilia

[sil-ee-uh] / ˈsɪl i ə /


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Hirst, who is lead scientist for the NHS centre for PCD diagnosis at the university, said the cells and cilia "look nothing like those from PCD patients".

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

"I have been diagnosing PCD for 20 years by examining their cilia waveform, length, cell size and shape," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

These creatures typically swim using tiny hair-like structures known as cilia, which move in coordinated patterns to propel them through water.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Commenting on Nikon's social media post, Edward Phelps, associate professor at Florida University, observed some of the structures "pop in and out of existence" and the cilia "appear from nowhere".

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Spirochetes, like the ones attached to M. paradoxa, joined up and became the cilia of eukaryotic cells.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

The primary cilium is a microscopic antenna-like structure that projects from the surface of most cells.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

The reason for this daytime-induced enhanced healing process appears to be from the relationship the 24-hour cycle has on the length of the primary cilium.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2023

Once the voltage is reversed, the oxygen is driven out of the platinum—and the cilium returns to its original shape.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 11, 2022

He points out that Dogic's group created something that looks and acts very much like a cilium or flagellum with its multitude of proteins — but that may, in fact, work very differently.

From Nature ● Jan. 4, 2016

At this stage many of the spores assume each a flagellate cilium, and so acquire power of more rapid locomotion.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride


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