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Contact: Dr. Claus Michael Lehr
lehr@mx.uni-saarland.de
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Saarland University
Caption: Scientists at the Saarland University and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research unraveled lung mucus’s physical properties: They discovered that a rigid gel scaffold in lung mucus separates large, fluid-filled pores and prevents nanoparticle movement beyond individual pore boundaries.
Credit: Credit: Schneider/ Kirch et al.
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