NUS Study: Nanoparticles May Promote Cancer Metastasis (IMAGE)

National University of Singapore

NUS Study: Nanoparticles May Promote Cancer Metastasis

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When blood vessel cells (left) are treated with a short exposure of titanium dioxide nanoparticles for 30 minutes, cell-sized gaps (right) began to form. These gaps can be exploited by cancer cells to migrate out of the primary tumour or from blood circulation. Researchers from the National University of Singapore also observed this phenomenon for other common nanoparticles made from gold, silver and silver dioxide.

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