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 ...

Cilia are filamentous, hair-like structures that can be found on nearly all cells of the human body. Depending on the tissue, they fulfill a plethora of essential tasks, such as the transport of mucus ...

Xiaoguang Dong, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, is leading a team of researchers that has developed a system of artificial cilia capable of monitoring mucus conditions in human airways ...

The taste-sensing abilities of motile cilia could also lead to bitter compound-mimicking drugs that could target motile cilia to increase their beating to clear disrupted airways, as is common in ...

(CNN) - Future treatment of serious health conditions may soon involve tiny living robots that are created from human cells. They’re called anthrobots. A team of scientists created them using human ...

An Anthrobot is shown, depth colored, with a corona of cilia that provides locomotion for the bot. (Gizem Gumuskaya/Tufts University via Courthouse News) (CN) — In a study published in Advanced ...