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Tiny hairlike structures on pancreatic cells have long been considered static sensors. Now, researchers say they move and help regulate insulin secretion.

Researchers explore the idea that molecular patterns in individual cells could underlie the development of a left and a right in animals.

Biological robots made from frog cells can replicate by smooshing loose cells into new robots—a reproduction method not seen in any other organism.

Super-resolution imaging identifies abnormalities in the hair-like protrusions on a cell’s surface and may help facilitate earlier detection of primary ciliary dyskinesia.

View the top three winners of this year’s Nikon Small World in Motion Competition.

Zebrafish detect water movement around them through signals sent to the brain by cells containing tiny hairs.

Hear this month’s Scientist to Watch, Prachee Avasthi, describe the preprint journal review club she started at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

The University of Kansas professor is also known for her leadership among early-career researchers.

Progesterone helps in the transportation of eggs within the mouse reproductive system.

Three studies—one of mice and two of human genetics—describe the role of two proteins, adenylyl cyclase and melanocortin 4 receptor, in the development of obesity and diabetes. 

Associate Professor in Molecular Cell & Developmental Biology at the University of Texas at Austin, John Wallingford, makes his living using cutting-edge microscopic techniques to watch developmental events unfold in real time.

In exploring how embryos take shape, John Wallingford has identified a key pathway involved in vertebrate development—and human disease.

Researchers create a sensitive, flexible mechanosensor with possible applications in biomedical sensing and artificial skin technology.

Some of the highlights from this year’s American Society for Cell Biology meeting, held earlier this week

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