University of Virginia Cancer Center researchers have explained the failure of immune checkpoint therapy for ovarian cancer by discovering how gut bacteria interfere with the treatment.

But virtually all other cells have a primary cilium. Likewise, for many years it was generally assumed that the entire phylum Nematoda, comprising roundworms, completely lacked cilia or flagella.

Both swim using thin, bendy flagella that protrude from the cell body and change shape, or deform, to drive the cells forward. Highly viscous fluids would typically dissipate a flagellum's energy ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. A. twista is about 10 micrometers long and moves by using its whip-like flagellum. It is named after its distinguishing feature—the “ancoracyst,” ...

Early on in the research, the scientists discovered that it was the bacterial flagella -- part of the cell that aids in movement -- that enables the bacteria to invade cancer cells. So they ...

In an article published in Cell Reports, Nagler’s team demonstrated that Clostridia-produced flagella and indole, a tryptophan metabolite, also promote barrier integrity. 3 To determine the role of ...

Aspirin triggers BacID (turquoise) to express flagella (turquoise lines), invade into cancer cells (dotted outline) and deliver the therapy intracellularly (green). A University of Massachusetts ...