Nanotechnology has recently gained traction in the medical field as a method of targeted
delivery and timed release of therapeutic drugs. As interest in this field grows, design …

Changes in the genetic material can lead to serious human health defects, as mutations in
somatic cells may cause cancer and can contribute to other chronic diseases. Genotoxic …

Nanoparticles (NPs) assumed an important role in the area of drug delivery. Despite the
number of studies including NPs are growing over the last years, their side effects on the …

A method for the aqueous synthesis of stable and biocompatible citrate-coated palladium
nanoparticles (PdNPs) in the size range comparable to natural enzymes (4–8 nm) has been …

Despite several studies addressing nanoparticle (NP) interference with conventional toxicity
assay systems, it appears that researchers still rely heavily on these assays, particularly for …

The immune system is professional in recognizing and responding to non‐self, including
nanomaterials. Immune responses by professional and nonprofessional immune cells are …

As the nanotechnology market expands and the prevalence of allergic diseases keeps
increasing, the knowledge gap on the capacity of nanomaterials to cause or exacerbate …

Type I hypersensitivity reactions against environmental entities, ie allergens, are an ever
growing problem, with increasing numbers of affected individuals in Western countries. In …

The in vivo toxicity of Gd2O3: Eu3+ nanoparticles (NPs) used as dual‐modal nanoprobes for
molecular imaging has not been studied, and the corresponding molecular mechanism of …

Rare-earth-doped gadolinium-oxide (Gd 2 O 3) nanoparticles (NPs) are increasingly used
for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and optical imaging (OI). However, to date, the poor …