Towards Elucidating the Effects of Purified MWCNTs on Human Lung Epithelial cells.

Towards Elucidating the Effects of Purified MWCNTs on Human Lung Epithelial cells.

Environmental science. Nano (2014-12-09)

Chenbo Dong, Reem EIdawud, Linda M Sargent, Michael L Kashon, David Lowry, Yon Rojanasakul, Cerasela Zoica Dinu

ABSTRACT

Toxicity of engineered nanomaterials is associated with their inherent properties, both physical and chemical. Recent studies have shown that exposure to multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) promotes tumors and tumor-associated pathologies and lead to carcinogenesis in model

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