EU SCIENTISTS SHOW NANOPARTICLES TOUCH CELL NUCLEI
August 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU)-funded scientists have tracked how nanoparticles pass through the body and into cells. In a study showing how far they can penetrate living tissue, the Euro 2.8 million MAGSELECTOFECTION study showed once nanoparticles enter a cell, they move randomly until collected by proteins, which take them to the cell nucleus. The research was staged to help drug companies develop targeted delivery of pharmaceuticals with nanoparticles, but the resulting study will benefit scientists wanting to understand the environmental health ...
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