If anyone has somehow missed the news about  the recent paper in Nature nanotechnology that found nanoparticles can damage DNA even when there is a barrier between the particles and the cells, Andrew Maynard in 2020 Science provides a nice commentary about the research.

I noticed the Australian TV news and many of the shorter newspaper articles left out the crucial parts of the story that would put the research into context, but Andrew’s blog should fill most of the gaps.

(Nanoparticles can cause DNA damage across a cellular barrier, by Gevdeep Bhaba et al., Nature Nanotechnology. DOI: 10.1038/NNANO.2009.313)

Jason Major

GNTIS

Tags: DNA, nano-safety, nanoparticles, nanotechnology

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