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Nanoplastics can disrupt human liver, lung cells’ processes in lab experiments

What happens when people unknowingly eat, drink or inhale nearly invisible pieces of plastic? Although it’s unclear what impact this really has on humans, researchers have now taken a step toward answering that question.  In ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology, a team reports laboratory results indicating that tiny plastic particles could enter liver and lung cells and...

Multi-organoid system to simulate human liver-islet axis in normal and type 2 diabetes
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Multi-organoid system to simulate human liver-islet axis in normal and type 2 diabetes

by Li Yuan, Chinese Academy of Sciences Schematic of hiPSCs derived multi-organoid-on-chip system to model human liver-pancreatic islet axis in vitro. Credit: Tao Tingting Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is a systematic multi-organ metabolic disease, which is characterized by dynamic interplay among different organs. Pancreatic islet-liver axis is closely associated with normal glucose regulation and homeostasis...