Approximately 1.7 million new cases of cancer will be diagnosed this year in the United
States leading to 600 000 deaths. Patient survival rates are highly correlated with the stage …

Nano-fluids are produced by combining one or more nano-particles in a base-fluid. Nano-
fluids, especially hybrid nano-fluids, have better thermal conductivities than simple liquids …

Environmental pollution is changing with economic development. Most environmental
pollutants are characterized by stable chemical properties, strong migration, potential …

Short tandem repeats (STRs) are units of 1–6 bp that repeat in a tandem fashion in DNA.
Along with single nucleotide polymorphisms and large structural variations, they are among …

Despite the wide application of quantum dots (QDs) in electronics, pharmacy and
nanomedicine, limited data is available on their environmental health risk. To advance our …

Cadmium contributes to adverse effects of organisms probably because of its ability to
induce oxidative stress via alterations in activities of antioxidant enzymes catalase (CAT) …

Increased biomedical applications of quantum dots (QDs) have raised considerable concern
regarding their toxicological impact. However, the toxicity of QDs is largely unknown and the …

Quantum dots (QDs) are semiconductor nanoparticles (1–10 nm) with excellent optical and
electrical properties. As QDs show great promise for applications in fields such as …

Genotoxic pollutants lead to both DNA damage and changes in cell repair mechanisms.
Selecting suitable biomonitors is a fundamental step in genotoxicity studies. Thus, zebrafish …

Quantum dots (QDs) are one of emerging engineering nanomaterials (NMs) with
advantageous properties which can act as candidates for clinical imaging and diagnosis …