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Degradation of PET microplastic particles to monomers in human serum by PETase

Ximena Lopez‐Lorenzo, David Hueting, Eliott Bosshard, Per‐Olof Syrén

Faraday Discussions · 2024 · 12 citations · 29 references

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. Our work highlights the potential of applying biocatalysis in biomedicine and represents a first step towards finding a future solution to the problem that microplastics in the bloodstream may pose.

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Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

Roland Geyer, Jenna Jambeck, Kara Lavender Law · Science Advances · 2017 · 17.6K citations · Full text

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Solutions able to reproduce <i>in vivo</i> surface‐structure changes in bioactive glass‐ceramic A‐W<sup>3</sup>

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Discovery and quantification of plastic particle pollution in human blood

H.A. Leslie, Martin J. M. van Velzen, Sicco H. Brandsma et al. · Environment International · 2022 · 3.6K citations · Full text

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A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)

Shosuke Yoshida, Kazumi Hiraga, Toshihiko Takehana et al. · Science · 2016 · 3.2K citations

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Human Consumption of Microplastics

Kieran Cox, Garth A. Covernton, Hailey L. Davies et al. · Environmental Science & Technology · 2019 · 2.6K citations

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