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Tutorial for atomistic and coarse-grained simulations of membrane-nanoplastic interactions using GROMACS
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This isn't actually a health study, it's a technical how-to guide that teaches scientists how to run computer simulations showing how tiny plastic particles interact with cell membranes. Think of it as a recipe book for researchers rather than new findings about health risks; the actual discoveries about whether nanoplastics harm our cells will come from studies that use these methods, not from this tutorial itself.
Revised version of the tutorial files
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