Nanotechnology is increasingly a part of our lives, and while it has enormous potential for the effective delivery of medication and fighting cancer, there are concerns about health effects such as toxicity and tissue damage. Now a team of scientists has shown that carbon nanotubes can be broken down by an enzyme found in white blood cells – contradicting the previous belief they are not broken down in the body or nature – and hope this new understanding may lead to a way to render carbon nanotubes harmless in medical applications…
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Nanotubes
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