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Nature Nanotechnology 4, 342 - 343 (2009)
doi:10.1038/nnano.2009.136

Toxicology: Testing in the third dimension

Molly M. Stevens1

  1. Molly M. Stevens is in the Department of Materials and the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
    e-mail: m.stevens@imperial.ac.uk


Experiments with a new three-dimensional model of liver tissue find that the toxic effects of nanoparticles are reduced when compared with tests that use two-dimensional models.

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