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Therapeutic apheresis: A promising method to remove microplastics?

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Microplastics and nanoplastics have emerged as a major and growing health concern, with recent data revealing alarming levels of human exposure and contamination. Thus, there is a clear and urgent need for an effective method to remove microplastics and nanoplastics from the human body. Here, we provide the first evidence that extracorporeal apheresis, a therapeutic technique established around the world, may have the potential to achieve this goal.

Source: Brain medicine :

DOI: 10.61373/bm025l.0056

Authors: Stefan R. Bornstein, Timo Gruber, Danai Katsere, Ayoub El Attaoui, Leopold Wohlsperger, Mohamad Yaman, Waldemar Kanczkowski, Gunther Piwernetz, Richard Straube, Karin Voit-Bak, Julio Licinio, Charlotte Steenblock

Institutions: King's College London, University of Zurich, University Hospital Zurich, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, SUNY Upstate Medical University

Language: English

Topic: Microplastics and Plastic Pollution

Subfield: Pollution

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: National Institute of Mental Health

Award: G1488684004

OpenAlex ID: W4410517382

FWCI: 3.141

Cites: 17

Cited by: 14

Related to: 10