Scientists investigate transport of nanoparticles in the human body
Friday, March 19, 2010 - 13:07
in Health & Medicine
The question of whether or not nanoparticles have an effect on the human body - and if so, how - is still largely unanswered. There is little information, for instance, on whether pregnant women exposed to these minute particles pass them on to their unborn babies. Scientists from Empa and the University Hospital Zurich (Switzerland) now show first results.