Scientists question whether alarming reports of plastic particles in human organs are accurate or the result of laboratory ...

Finding microplastics in human body parts is not new: Scientists have uncovered the minuscule waste products in human blood, lungs, brains, hearts and testicles. But a new study, published Monday in ...

Despite its importance, the heart is one of the few tissues in the human body that can't repair damage very well – or at ...

Microplastics can be found in clothes, food, and even water — but now, they have been found somewhere even more unsettling: inside the human brain. A recent report from the New York Times is making ...

Pioneering research by experts at the University of Sydney, the Baird Institute and the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in ...

Hidden inside every organ, microscopic fibers form a scaffolding that quietly shapes how we move, think, and heal. For the first time, scientists have produced detailed maps of these fiber webs across ...

Twenty-four brain samples collected in early 2024 measured on average about 0.5% plastic by weight ...

Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’ ...

New research shows that the concentration of microplastics in our bodies has grown as global plastic production has increased The study looked at brain, liver and kidney tissue from cadavers The ...

Researchers have shown for the first time that human heart muscle cells regenerate after a heart attack. The study reveals ...