Nanoparticles do not damage DNA across barriers by signaling molecules
Monday, November 9, 2009 - 03:28
in Physics & Chemistry
Ionizing radiation emitted by nanoparticles damages the DNA by penetrating barriers instead of the nanoparticle signaling across the barrier for the DNA to be damaged
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