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Home > News > Carbon-Nanotube Toxicity Test Tricks Scientists

September 5th, 2006

Carbon-Nanotube Toxicity Test Tricks Scientists

Abstract:
Recent research has revealed that a standard cell-viability test may be causing carbon-nanotubes to “fake” toxicity. This work may explain why some studies have concluded that carbon nanotubes – which are being studied for their potential to improve building materials, drug-delivery systems, and electronics, to name a few applications – are dangerous to human health while others have not.

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physorg.com

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