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Study Kicks Nanotech Right in the Buckyballs (Gizmodo, 5/28/08) |
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May 28, 2008 |
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Just last week, we heard that carbon nanotubes could be as
dangerous as asbestos. Now a new study takes another damning shot at
nanotechnology, this time at the sector's golden child, buckyballs. Hollow
balls of carbon that are promising for everything from fighting cancer to
coating paint, a recent study found that buckyball clusters can easily penetrate
cell membranes and hang out inside, their molecular structures fully intact.
The study used a computer simulation only, not actual
physical science. And we don't know whether or not these carbon spheres would
necessarily damage the cells they inhabit.
But that's exactly the point, right? While the complete
biochemical theories behind these processes is admittedly a bit beyond us, it
really seems like while one group is high-fiving that we can deliver drugs
directly into cells, another group says, "----, this stuff penetrates our
cells!"
Read the full article here.
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Last Updated ( June 02, 2008 )
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