In vitro methods to study the cytotoxicity, cell transformation capacity and genotoxicity of nanoparticles : application to cobalt ferrite and silver nanoparticles

The objective of this thesis was to investigate the in vitro cytotoxic, genotoxic and transforming effects induced by nanoparticles (NPs) of industrial interest on a range of cell cultures. The cytotoxicity of two sizes of CoFe2O4 NPs, paramagnetic particles of interest in different biomedical appli...

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Main Author: Broggi, Francesca
Other Authors: Stone, Vicki
Published: Heriot-Watt University 2012
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570
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.592691