Special issue: "Engineered Nanomaterials – Toxicology and Potential Health Effects"

International Journal of Biomedical Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 3(1/2) 2013

• Predictive toxicological paradigm and high throughput approach for toxicity screening of engineered nanomaterials
• Using zebrafish to study the biological impact of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles
• Preparation of water soluble carbon nanotubes and assessment of their biological activity in embryonic zebrafish
• Engineered nanomaterial interactions with bilayer lipid membranes: screening platforms to assess nanoparticle toxicity
• Aggregation behaviour of carbon nanotubes in aqueous and physiological media and its influence on toxicity
• Nickel contamination on MWCNT is related to particle bioactivity but not toxicity in the THP-1 transformed macrophage model
• Protein expression profiles of intestinal epithelial co-cultures: effect of functionalised carbon nanotube exposure
• Nanoparticle toxicity by the gastrointestinal route: evidence and knowledge gaps
• Biosynthesis of monodispersed silver nanoparticles and their activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis