Nanotechnology: injections or sampling? New 'molecular syringes' under testing
Monday, July 18, 2011 - 10:30
in Biology & Nature
Which is better, a quick vertical jab on the buttock or the delicately soft entry of a blood sample? One group of researchers has no doubt. The easiest way of penetrating a cell membrane with a carbon nanotube, is at an angle which is almost flat against the membrane surface. Just as a nurse does to "find" a vein.