Gold nanoparticle motors churning inside human cells

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Gold. Nanoparticles. Human cells. Go.

As these nanomotors move around and bump into structures inside the cells, the live cells show internal mechanical responses that no one has seen before," Tom Mallouk, a professor of materials chemistry and physics at Penn State, said in a press release.

http://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/biomedical/devices/nanomotors-could-churn-inside-of-cancer-cells-to-mush

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  1. BRUCE DEMELLO February 12, 2014 at 5:21 am

    EXCITING NEW FIELD OF STUDY.

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  2. Prengki Pransisco February 12, 2014 at 7:20 am

    wow, it's very interesting. I'm actually doing research in nanoparticles, but i never know about this…do you know where i can get more about this?

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