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Deaths, lung damage linked to nanoparticles in China

Reuters US Online Report Health News 99 days ago

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Seven young Chinese women suffered permanent lung damage and two of them died after working for months without proper protection in a paint factory using nanoparticles, Chinese researchers reported on Wednesday. They said the study is the first ...

Nanotech gene therapy kills ovarian cancer in mice

Reuters US Online Report Science News 119 days ago

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tiny synthetic particles carrying a payload of toxin worked as well as chemotherapy at killing ovarian cancer cells in mice, without the bad side effects, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. They said the treatment, which relies on the use ...

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