Another risk of smoking cigarettes is periodontal disease, otherwise known as gum disease. This is because smoking causes ...

The film discusses the anatomical and functional significance of the nose, throat, and ears from a medical perspective. It explains how the nose functions as an air passage that warms and filters ...

The cilia-lined stents cleared crystal clusters left by artificial urine, as well as bacteria and biofilm. Moreover, the ultrasound-based system didn’t harm human-derived cells. Still ...

Biofilm, produced by bacteria, and crystalline deposits ... stented ureters and proved that ultrasound-activated artificial cilia on the stent's surface can efficiently remove biofilms and ...

The researchers envision new medical devices featuring cilia on the inner and outer walls that, using ultrasound activation through the skin, will generate an efficient streaming that loosens bacteria ...

Now, researchers are pointing to the dysfunction of cilia, microscopic antennas of cells, essential for receiving and processing vital signals. In 2016, an international consortium led in Belgium ...

We discovered these mechanisms by following an integrated experimental and computational approach for dissecting the multiscale structure–function relationships that link the initiation of a ...

Cilia (the technical term for nose hair ... it could pose a serious health risk since it now presents a passage for bacteria directly into the brain. Bacteria in the brain = not something you ...

Biotech startup Ancilia Biosciences has raised $4.2 million to use the well-known gene editing tool CRISPR to develop bacterial therapeutics, the firm said Wednesday. The Washington Heights-based ...

NEW YORK, July 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ancilia Biosciences, Inc., (Ancilia Bio), a biotechnology company harnessing the natural power of CRISPR to create bacterial therapies and products with ...

bacteria, and debris from your lungs and airways. In PCD and Kartagener syndrome, these cilia don’t move or they don’t move very well, which causes ongoing lung, sinus, and ear problems.