Strikingly, the researchers also observed similar cilia defects in motor neurons from ALS patients with mutations in one of the most common genetic causes of ALS, C9orf72.

Trachea Function The function of the trachea is to be the main passageway for air to pass from the upper respiratory tract to the lungs. As air flows into the trachea during inhalation, it is warmed ...

They’re called cilia. The cells and cilia are too small to see with just your eyes. But if you zoomed in with a microscope, the cilia look like little hairs or itty-bitty fingers.

Magnetic cilia are small artificial hair-like structures whose movement is controlled by tiny magnetic particles embedded inside of them. They are a popular material, frequently being used in soft ...

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.

Anthrobots start out as a single cell covered in hair-like cilia. When grown in the lab, scientists encouraged these cilia to face outward on lab-grown organoids.

The human trachea has waving cilia on the inside to catch microbes and debris. But these researchers encouraged the tracheal cells to form an organoid with the cilia on the outside.

Three examples of Anthrobots with hair-like cilia in yellow. “It is fascinating and completely unexpected that normal patient tracheal cells, without modifying their DNA, can move on their own and ...

The cells of the inner trachea are covered in hair-like projections called cilia, which move together to help push out mucus.

How did scientists make Anthrobots? Each Anthrobot starts as a single cell taken from an adult’s trachea, a part of the airway. These cells have tiny hair-like parts called cilia that move back and ...