Scientists Quantify Nanoparticle-Protein Interactions
January 14, 2010 | Source: PhysOrg.com
National Institute of Standards and Technology researchers have quantified the interaction of gold nanoparticles with important proteins found in human blood, an approach that should be useful in the development of nanoparticle-based medical therapies and for better understanding the physical origin of the toxicity of certain nanoparticles.