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What Microplastics Might Be Doing to Our Intestines

What Microplastics Might Be Doing to Our Intestines

https://now.tufts.edu/2023/06/09/what-microplastics-might-be-doing-our-intestines

Using organoids that mimic intestinal tissue, researchers have found that microplastic and nanoplastic particles may trigger responses linked to inflammatory bowel diseases.

What Microplastics Might Be Doing to Our Intestines

Using organoids as a stand-in for the bowel, researchers find that plastic particles we unintentionally consume may trigger inflammatory responses like Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis for example.

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