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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

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A micrograph taken at 400x magnification shows the interior of an MG-63 bone cell. Small polystyrene microplastic spheres appear inside the cytoplasm and are highlighted in blue. The cell nucleus is shown in red

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Mariana Cassani de Oliveira/LEMON/FCM-UNICAMP

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