The rapidly emerging field of nanotechnology has offered innovative discoveries in the
medical, industrial, and consumer sectors. The unique physicochemical and electrical …

Application of nanomaterials in our daily life is increasing, day in day out and concerns have
raised about their toxicity for human and other organisms. In this manner, carbon-based …

Asbestos (Greek, inextinguishable) is the term of a family of naturally occurring minerals that
have been used in small scale since ancient times. Industrialization demanded increased …

CCDC (coiled-coil domain-containing) is a coiled helix domain that exists in natural proteins.
There are about 180 CCDC family genes, encoding proteins that are involved in intercellular …

This study investigated the in vivo pulmonary toxicity of inhaled multi-walled carbon
nanotubes (MWCNT). Mice-inhaled aerosolized MWCNT (10 mg/m3, 5 h/day) for 2, 4, 8 or …

Background Inhalation exposure studies of mice were conducted to determine if multi-walled
carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) distribute to the tracheobronchial lymphatics, parietal pleura …

The use of nanoparticles (NPs) in industry is increasing, bringing with it a number of adverse
health effects on workers. Like other chemical carcinogens, NPs can cause cancer via …

During the last two decades several nanoscale materials were engineered for industrial and
medical applications. Among them carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are the most exploited …

The importance of timely diagnosis and the complete treatment of lung cancer for many
people with this deadly disease daily increases due to its high mortality. Diagnosis and …

Carboxyl (–COOH) surface modified multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs–COOH) can
be used for targeted delivery of drugs and imaging. However, whether MWCNTs–COOH at …