Cilia are minute hair-like structures present on the surface of respiratory mucosa. Each of these cilia beat continuously at 10–18 Hz, and this beating creates a constant flow of periciliary fluid, ...

Cilia are minute hair-like structures on the respiratory mucosa, which beat continuously at 10–18 Hz, and create a constant flow of periciliary fluid maintaining the sterility of the lower respiratory ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Both percent-predicted FEV 1 and FVC in primary ciliary dyskinesia improved with the addition of idrevloride to ...

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 ...

MILAN -- Research presented at this year's annual European Respiratory Society congress included early successes in transplanting a patient's own lung cells to ease chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

MENLO PARK, Calif. & DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ReCode Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company powering the next wave of genetic medicines through superior delivery today presented new preclinical ...

MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ReCode Therapeutics, a clinical-stage genetic medicines company using tissue-specific delivery to power the next wave of mRNA and gene correction therapeutics, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare disease of childhood and the original ciliopathy to be identified. It leads to a variety of clinical manifestations, which often lead to a fatal outcome in ...