What is it about?
Purified carbon nanotubes at low concentrations are inert in cell culture media. Carbon nanotubes at low concentrations are stable in polylysine solutions. Polylysine at moderate concentrations is toxic for Caco2 cells, a particular cancer cell of digestive tract.
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Why is it important?
It supports the utilization of low concentrations of carbon nanotubes as drug vehicles. It confirms polylysine activity against cancer cells, in the particular case of Caco2 cells.
Perspectives
For me, this is a step towards the utilization of carbon nanostructures as buiolding blocks in nanobiomedicine. The response of a quite simple system is studied in order to advance in the understanding of more complex structures.
Dr Alejandro Anson Casaos
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This page is a summary of: In-vitro toxicity of carbon nanotube/polylysine colloids to colon cancer cells , IET Nanobiotechnology, December 2016, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET),
DOI: 10.1049/iet-nbt.2015.0088.
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