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Genetics and Health

May 20th, 2008

Carbon nanotubes found to produce asbestos type symptoms in mice

(Carbon nanotube picture credit: www.bbc.co.uk/news)
Carbon nanotubes - the epitome of the nanotechnology industry - have been found to trigger diseases similar to asbestos in research undertaken on mice including lesions and inflammation.  Use of asbestos triggered a pandemic of lung disease in the 20th Century.
These tiny carbon molecules have remarkable properties that could be used for […]

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