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Nanotechnology is increasingly a part of our lives, and while it has enormous potential for the effective delivery of medication and fighting cancer , there are concerns about health effects such as toxicity and tissue damage. Now a team of scientists has shown that carbon nanotubes can be broken down by an enzyme found in white blood cells – contradicting the previous belief they are not broken down in the body or nature – and hope this new understanding may lead to a way to render carbon nanotubes harmless in medical applications… Tags: Medical , Nanotechnology , Nanotubes Related Articles: Better control over nanotube growth promises important advances in electronics Producing carbon nanotubes on an industrial scale Treating tumors by blasting nanotubes with a laser Carbon nanotubes used to build a near-ideal efficiency solar cell Ghostly nano ‘kites’ may lead to holy grail of nanotube growth Building circuit boards using DNA scaffolding

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Enzyme that breaks down carbon nanotubes gives hope for medical applications