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Cutting boards may create microparticles when chopping veggies: Study
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Cutting carrots on wood and plastic boards, according to the study, can generate tens of millions of microparticles each year. However, a toxicity test found that polyethylene or wood microparticles generated during chopping had no effect on mouse cell survival.
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Cutting boards can produce microparticles when chopping veggies: Study
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
According to the researchers, cutting carrots on wood and plastic boards can generate tens of millions of microparticles every year. A toxicity test, however, revealed that polyethene or wood microparticles emitted during chopping had no significant influence on mouse cell viability.
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Microparticles might help in prevention of vitamin A deficiency: Study
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Vitamin A deficiency is the largest cause of blindness in the world, and it can be lethal in severe cases. This vitamin deficiency affects almost one-third of the world's preschool-aged children and is especially widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
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Study focuses on microparticles showing promise for transplant rejection
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 15 (ANI): Researchers have engineered tiny particles that can trick the body into accepting transplanted tissue as its own. The research was inspired by the tactic cancer cells' use to evade the immune system.
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