A new study finds that microplastics and nanoplastics accumulate at higher levels in the brain than in the liver and kidney.

Molecular communications in the bloodstream is a promising area of research, since the bloodstream has the ability to ...

Niklason and her team spent more than a decade isolating blood vessel cells from human organ and tissue donors. They tested cells from more than 700 donors and found that those from five of those ...

A new study tracking microplastics in the bodies of mice in real time discovered a disturbing pattern, adding to a growing ...

For the first time, scientists have used real-time imaging to track tiny pieces of microplastics as they moved through the brain blood vessels of mice. As detailed in a recent paper published in the ...

Microplastics may cause blockages in blood vessels in the brain and affect behavior, according to a study on mice.

“Nanoscale plastics can breach the blood-brain barrier, [but] how [microplastics] cause brain functional irregularities remains unclear,” wrote the study’s authors.

With microplastics now permeating our food and our bodies, researchers are keen to assess the potential damage these tiny ...

“In the future, we plan to collaborate with clinicians,” says Huang. “We will enhance our imaging techniques for the detection of microplastics in human blood vessels, and investigate whether ...

Hidden within our bones, marrow sustains life by producing billions of blood cells daily, from oxygen-carrying red cells to immune-boosting white cells. This vital function is often disrupted in ...