Scientists Quantify Nanoparticle-Protein Interactions
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 18:42
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- A research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has quantified the interaction of gold nanoparticles with important proteins found in human blood, an approach that should be useful in the development of nanoparticle-based medical therapies and for better understanding the physical origin of the toxicity of certain nanoparticles.