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Engineered metal nanoparticles in the sub-nanomolar levels kill cancer cells

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Yasmine C. Daniels, William A. MacCrehan, Shinichiro Muramoto, Gheorghe NMN Stan, Vitaly Vodyanoy, Oleg Pustovyy

Abstract

Zinc and copper metal nanoparticles were produced from bulk metal rods by an underwater high-voltage discharge method. The metal nanoparticles, with estimated diameters of 1 nm to 2 nm, were determined to be more than 85 % non-oxidized. Exposure of rat RG2 glioma cancer cells to these nanoparticles resulted in morphological cell changes, including decreased cell adherence, shrinking/rounding, nuclear condensation and budding from cell bodies. The nanoparticles were lethal for the cells at the sub-nanomolar concentrations.
Citation
Nanomedicine: nanotechnology, biology, and medicine
Volume
11
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

nanoparticles, xps, glioma cancer cell, apoptosis
Bioscience, Health, Metrology and Nanotechnology

Citation

Daniels, Y. , MacCrehan, W. , Muramoto, S. , , G. , Vodyanoy, V. and Pustovyy, O. (2016), Engineered metal nanoparticles in the sub-nanomolar levels kill cancer cells, Nanomedicine: nanotechnology, biology, and medicine, [online], https://doi.org/10.2147/IJN.S101463 (Accessed October 9, 2025)

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Created April 18, 2016, Updated November 10, 2018
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