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Characterization of human cardiac myosin heavy chain genes
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This research discusses micro- and nanoplastic contamination, with nanoplastics considered potentially more harmful because they can penetrate cells and biological membranes. The lack of effective detection methods for nanoscale particles remains a significant challenge for the field.
Micro-nano plastics originating from the prevalent usage of plastics have raised increasingly alarming concerns worldwide. However, there remains a fundamental knowledge gap in nanoplastics because of the lack of effective analytical ...Plastics are now omnipresent in our daily lives. The existence of microplastics (1 µm to 5 mm in length) and possibly even nanoplastics (<1 μm) has recently raised health concerns. In particular, nanoplastics are believed to be more toxic since their ...
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