A more biological explanation for how the Neti pot works has to do with tiny, hair-like structures called cilia that line the inside of the nasal and sinus cavities.

一个对洗鼻壶有效性更加具有生物学意义的解释与一种称为纤毛的细小毛发状结构有关，它排列在鼻腔以及鼻窦腔内。

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The hair-like cilia that give these cells their name act as transducers.

毛细胞得名于其像头发丝儿一样的纤毛，这些纤毛起到的作用就像是传感器。

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The hope was that the Math1 gene would be activated in the infected cells, which would then grow cilia, thus becoming hair cells.

寄希望于Math1基因能够在受感染的细胞中存活，产生纤毛，进而成为毛细胞。

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Fluid in the hoops swishes this way and that, moving hair-like cilia on special cells that trigger nerves that send signals to your brain.

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