cilia

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By combining high speed imaging with three dimensional reconstructions of more than 1,000 cells, the researchers showed how networks of fused neurons coordinate the beating of cilia on different parts of the animal's body.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2026

The resulting tissue contained multiple cell types found in the human airway, including mucus producing cells and cells with cilia.

From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2026

In the lungs, their cilia sway back and forth to keep fluids like mucus from collecting.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2024

To make the cilia, the researchers introduce the magnetic microparticles into a polymer dissolved in a liquid.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024

It has been suggested that flagellae and cilia were once spirochetes that joined up with the other prokaryotes when nucleated cells were being pieced together.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas