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Ritsumeikan University

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In a new study, researchers from Japan found that aromatic clusters on the extracellular receptor Siglec-14 found on macrophages recognized carbon nanotubes and then mediated an immune reaction to them

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Masafumi Nakayama from Ritsumeikan University, Japan

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