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Meet the winner of Nikon's Small World in Motion video contest - Ars Technica (opens in a new tab)
arstechnica.com · 2026-09-18
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Claim 1 of 3Not checkedNing Xu of Tsinghua University in Beijing won this year’s Small World in Motion competition with a super-resolution video of abnormal ciliary beating in the airways of a child with a rare genetic respiratory disorder.View evidenceHide evidence
As statedbeat out 346 other video entries from 40 different countries
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Claim 2 of 3Not checkedPrimary ciliary dyskinesia is a genetic disorder that adversely affects the tiny hairlike structures lining the lungs and other areas, disrupting their normal wavelike motion.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 3 of 3Not checkedWhen cilia in people with PCD do not move normally, mucus and other irritants can build up, leading to respiratory infections and other complications.View evidenceHide evidence
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PubMed, Europe PMC, Crossref · 15 candidate papers
Preclinical human models of primary ciliary dyskinesia.
European Respiratory Review : an Official Journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026 · PubMed, Europe PMC
Identification of distinct ciliary beat pattern abnormalities by high-speed video microscopy in primary ciliary dyskinesia
4.1 Clinical Respiratory Physiology, Exercise and Functional Imaging · 2015 · Crossref
Diagnosing primary ciliary dyskinesia in Australian adults: 10 years of testing.
2026 · Europe PMC
Cilia Dynamics in Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia: A Biophysical Characterization of the RSPH4A Founder Variant.
Cells · 2026 · PubMed, Europe PMC
High-speed Video Microscopy Analysis for First-line Diagnosis of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia
Journal of Visualized Experiments · 2022 · Crossref
And 10 more candidates considered.