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Our plastic world – what does it mean for our health?

The Project Repository Journal 2023
Elvira Mass, M Mayer, Nikola Makdissi, Maria Francesca Viola

Summary

A brief overview of the NanoGlia ERC research project describes ongoing investigations into how nanoplastic particles activate brain immune cells (microglia), potentially triggering neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders. This research addresses a critical gap: whether the nanoplastics now found in human brain tissue are causally linked to neurological disease.

Body Systems
Immune Nervous

Our plastic world – what does it mean for our health? The interdisciplinary ERC Starting Grant project “Understanding the impact of nanoplastics on the development of neurological disorders (NanoGlia)” studies how plastic particles activate immune cells in the developing and ageing brain, thereby causing neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerational disorders.

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