Television viewers may be tossing out their old rabbit ears in favor of sleeker digital receivers, but scientists are raising the microscopic equivalents of antennas to new prominence.
A primary cilium protrudes from a cell’s surface. Once thought of as vestigial, these antenna-like structures turn out to be big players in human health.
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