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.

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

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And hundreds of centrioles, intended for eventual construction of cilia at the cell surface, got stuck in the cell body.

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"We can change the direction of the material's magnetization at room temperature, which in turn allows us to completely change how the cilia flex. It's like getting a swimmer to change their stroke."

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The researchers found many of the genes involved in the two diseases implicated primary cilia, tiny antenna-like structures on the cell's surface that sense chemical changes in the cell's surrounding environment.

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