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Microplastics in our diet: complementary in vitro gut and epithelium models to understand their fate in the human digestive tract.
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Researchers used complementary in vitro gut models to study how microplastics behave during human digestion, finding that digestive conditions alter microplastic surface properties and their interactions with gut cells. The work advances understanding of how ingested microplastics may affect the human digestive system.
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