Carbon nanotubes can double growth of cell cultures important in industry
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 11:32
in Biology & Nature
A dose of carbon nanotubes more than doubles the growth rate of plant cell cultures workhorses in the production of everything from lifesaving medications to sweeteners to dyes and perfumes researchers are reporting. Their study, the first to show that carbon nanotubes boost plant cell division and growth, appears in the journal ACS Nano.