Ciliary beat frequency in neonates with mild bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) significantly differed vs. moderate or severe BPD. Cilia bended angle and amplitude significantly differed between the ...

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 ...

ATS 2025, San Francisco – Premature infants are at risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, or BPD, a type of lung injury associated with increased mortality. Now a new study published at the ATS 2025 ...

MADRID — For patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia, continuous maintenance therapy with azithromycin reduces exacerbations by 50%, according to the results from the BESTCILIA trial. "This is a ...

New research has identified the mechanism by which air pollution damages the lungs’ self-cleaning system, leaving us vulnerable to infection. In doing so, it has also identified a way to reverse that ...

Researchers said understanding the overlap between primary ciliary dyskinesia and asthma is critical to helping young patients have healthier respiratory outcomes. INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana University ...

Cilia are micrometer-sized biological structures that occur frequently in nature. Their characteristic high-frequency, three-dimensional beating motions (5–40 Hz) play indispensable roles inside the ...