Gold-Silica Nanoparticles Tackle Cancer, Counterfeit Money (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

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Gold-Silica Nanoparticles Tackle Cancer, Counterfeit Money (1 of 2)

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This is a 3-D representation of a Raman-active silica-gold nanoparticle. This image relates to an article that appeared in the April 20, 2011, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. A.S. Thakor of Stanford University in Stanford, Calif., and colleagues, was titled, "The Fate and Toxicity of Raman-Active Silica-Gold Nanoparticles in Mice."

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