Mucus is made of more than 95% water by weight, but its "key building blocks are mucins, which are long proteins decorated ...

Tiny plastic shards and fibers were found in the nose tissue of human cadavers ... its size, and the body’s defense mechanisms.” Due to their smaller size and shape, Amato-Lourenço added ...

made it easier for plastic particles to enter the nose tissue in only some individuals, per CNN. The potential consequences of having microplastics in the human body are also mostly unknown ...

“This is just an incredibly exciting journey, in terms of our voyage through the human body and discovery of fundamental ... data to reveal that the nose, eyes and mouth were most vulnerable ...

Instead the Human Cell Atlas project has revealed ... external and identified the nose, mouth and eyes as key entry points to the body. Dr Katrina Gold, from the Wellcome Trust medical research ...