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Booze-busting nanopills to help the liver

Coloured scanning electron micrograph of liver tissue

The ability of liver cells called hepatocytes (red) to break down alcohol is mimicked by enzyme-packed nanopills. Credit: Thomas Deerinck/SPL

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Nature 556, 411 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-04732-x

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