Researchers from Vanderbilt University have developed a system of artificial cilia that can reportedly monitor mucus ...

which move air in and out of your lungs. All along your airways, mucus and hair-like structures called cilia get rid of dust and dirt that come in with the air. Air keeps moving through your ...

To aid in assessing the impact of chemicals and drugs on cilia function in the small airway epithelium, the lung cilia beat frequency analysis in vitro assay is the ideal option. Using the ...

In the former he found that the bronchial epithelium contained more goblet cells, shorter cilia and a thicker epithelium. In this group Chang was impressed by the more conspicuous basal-cell ...

Xiaoguang Dong, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Vanderbilt University, is leading a team of researchers that ...

Mechanical engineers have developed a system of artificial cilia capable of monitoring mucus conditions in human airways to better detect infection, airway obstruction, or the severity of diseases ...

Along the way, tiny hairs, called cilia, clear dirt and debris from the air as it travels through your respiratory tract so ...

Researchers have developed an artificial cilia that monitors mucus in human airways to better detect infection, airway ...

and lung cancer. The research was published in the November 4 issue of PNAS in the article, "Sensory Artificial Cilia for In Situ Monitoring of Airway Physiological Properties." In their paper ...