Nanoparticles may cause DNA damage across a cellular barrier (PhysOrg)

(PhysOrg.com) — Scientists have shown in the laboratory that metal nanoparticles damaged the DNA in cells on the other side of a cellular barrier. The research, by the University of Bristol, is published online this week in Nature Nanotechnology.
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