Covering stents with hairlike structures called cilia may help keep the implanted medical tubes clean, preventing infection, researchers report April 28 in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...

Bullish (Video) Human Respiratory System: Anatomy, Cilia, and Mucus Membrane Function Posted: March 6, 2025 | Last updated: March 6, 2025 The film discusses the anatomical and functional ...

A system of artificial cilia capable of monitoring mucus conditions in human airways to better detect infection, airway obstruction, or the severity of diseases like Cystic Fibrosis (CF), Chronic ...

About half of known bacteria species use a flagella to move — a rotating appendage that functions like a propellor. The flagella have motors behind them with tiny cylinders that look almost mechanical ...

A similar deletion in humans has been associated with defects in airway motile cilia and low nasal NO levels. Cygb2 co-localizes with cilia and the NO synthase (NOS) Nos2b in the Kupffer’s ...

Contrary to this prediction, a reexamination of experimental measurements on the lengths of stereocilia, microvilli, actin cables ... like in the recent experiments on microtubule-based flagella 17.

Cilia in 3D: Miniature train station discovered Date: September 19, 2022 Source: University of Basel Summary: Cilia are small hair-like organelles that extend from cells and perform many functions ...

But together, these structures routinely pull off biological marvels within the body. Cilia remove inhaled pathogens from the respiratory tract, carry cerebrospinal fluid across brain cavities ...

Detecting and transducing mechanical signals from the environment to electrical signals in neurons are dependent on the well-aligned cilia bundles on the ... with a microtubule core, and stereocilia ...

The larger ones, called cilia, beat to move mucus along the airways and keep them clear of dust. Then there are the smaller microvilli that increase cells’ surface area to help with absorption.