Therapeutic apheresis: A promising method to remove microplastics?
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.
Authors
- Charlotte Steenblock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9635-4860)
- Karin Voit-Bak
- Richard Straube (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6257-6775)
- Mohamad Nurman Yaman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8299-8967)
- Waldemar Kanczkowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5595-8393)
- Timo Gruber
- Danai Katsere
- Leopold Wohlsperger
- Gunther Piwernetz
- Ayoub El Attaoui
- Julio Licinio
Publication Details
- Journal
- Universität Zürich, ZORA
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-292281
- Primary Topic
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00