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Therapeutic apheresis: A promising method to remove microplastics?
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Article Category: Brief Report
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Online Publication Date: 20 May 2025
Therapeutic apheresis: A promising method to remove microplastics?
Open accessStefan R. Bornstein,
Timo Gruber,
Danai Katsere,
Ayoub El Attaoui,
Leopold Wohlsperger,
Mohamad Yaman,
Waldemar Kanczkowski,
Gunther Piwernetz,
Richard Straube,
Karin Voit-Bak,
Julio Licinio, and
Charlotte Steenblock
Page Range: 52 – 53
DOI: 10.61373/bm025l.0056
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.
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Twenty-one patients with a confirmed diagnosis of ME/CFS related to a postinfectious syndrome, received at least two cycles of therapeutic apheresis with double filtration (INUSpheresis) (Figure 1A).