Studying nanotoxic effects of CdTe quantum dots in Trypanosoma cruzi

Semiconductor nanoparticles, such as quantum dots (QDs), were used to carry out experiments in vivo and ex vivo with Trypanosoma cruzi. However, questions have been raised regarding the nanotoxicity of QDs in living cells, microorganisms, tissues and whole animals. The objective of this paper was to...

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Published in:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Main Authors: Cecilia Stahl Vieira, Diogo Burigo Almeida, André Alexandre de Thomaz, Rubem Figueredo Sadok Menna-Barreto, Jacenir Reis dos Santos-Mallet, Carlos Lenz Cesar, Suzete Araujo Oliveira Gomes, Denise Feder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2011-03-01
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762011000200007&lng=en&tlng=en