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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
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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
Abstract
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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