Algae are the new delivery drivers: they are tiny enough to float in inhalable liquid particles and travel deep inside the ...

For a long time, almost all attention was on the motile cilia because their function was readily observable. But scientists, starting with Alexander Kowalevsky had reported the presence of single ...

Tiny hairs, known as cilia, then move this mucus up the ... When a person stops smoking, their lung circulation and function may start to improve within 2 weeks to 3 months. Coughing is the ...

Cilia are small hairs which beat to push the mucus back up the trachea so it can be swallowed and destroyed in the stomach. Clean air then enters the two bronchi, one bronchus going to each lung.

According to the American Lung Association, lung function can start to improve as soon as you quit. Quitting smoking can lead to cilia regeneration within weeks or months. This regeneration can ...

Lung function diminishes naturally with age due ... making deep breaths and carbon dioxide expulsion more difficult. Cilia, ...