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 ...

Researchers from ETH Zurich, the University of Bern and Bern University Hospital have developed a non-invasive cleaning technology: microscopic cilia on the stent surface are activated by ultrasound ...

Mechanical engineers have developed a system of artificial cilia capable of monitoring mucus ... with an airway stent within an artificial trachea and sheep trachea. Sensing signals are ...

A system of artificial cilia capable of monitoring mucus conditions ... or in conjunction with an airway stent within an artificial trachea and sheep trachea. Sensing signals are transferred ...

This article will cover the anatomy and function of the trachea ... and hair-like projections called cilia that line the inside of the trachea and help move foreign particles up and out of the airway.

The trachea is also lined with tiny hair-like structures called cilia. These help push mucus that contains debris or pathogens out of the trachea. A person then either swallows or spits out the mucus.

The anthrobots each started as a single, donated tracheal cells covered in armlike cilia responsible for sweeping particles from lung airways. Researchers engineered cellular growth in a lab ...

This article explains the bronchi anatomy and function. It also describes different conditions that affect the bronchi and how they are treated. The bronchi begin at the base of the trachea at the ...

Within this organizer, motile cilia beat rapidly to create a leftward directional flow of extracellular fluid, which is the first outward sign of a left-right difference. This early flow has been ...

Cilia perform numerous functions for the cell: they help cells swim, move fluid, and send messages to each other. Cilia ensure that we can see, they remove substances from the lungs, move fluid in ...