Health risks with nanotechnology? Nanoparticles can hinder intracellular transport
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 11:31
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have now shown that uptake and accumulation of nanoparticles in cells can disrupt important intracellular transport pathways. The researchers discovered that the nanoparticles interrupt the transport of vital substances in and out of a cell, causing undesirable changes in the cell's physiology and disrupting normal cell functioning.