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Gas micronuclei that underlie decompression bubbles and decompression sickness have not been identified
1Corresponding author: Associate Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, david.doolette@navy.mil.
Gas micronuclei are crucial for bubble formation during decompression. Research questions whether surface nanobubbles, not yet observed on biological tissues, are the true gas micronuclei responsible for decompression sickness.
Area of Science:
- Physiology
- Biophysics
- Diving Medicine
Background:
- Gas micronuclei are essential for bubble formation at low gas supersaturation.
- High supersaturation is needed to overcome Laplace pressure for de novo bubble formation.
- Existing micronuclei are hypothesized to be surfactant-coated bubbles or surface crevices.
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