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Vacancy Engineered Ceria Nanostructures for Protection from Radiation-Induced Cellular Damage

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: The ability of engineered cerium oxide nanoparticles to confer radioprotection was examined. Human normal and tumor cells were treated with nanoceria and irradiated, and cell survival was measured. Treatment of normal cells conferred almost 99% protection from radiation-induced cell death, whereas the same concentration showed almost no protection of tumor cells. For the first time, nanoceria is shown to confer radioprotection to a normal human breast line but not to a human breast tumor line, MCF-7.

Source: Nano Letters

DOI: 10.1021/nl052024f

Authors: Roy W. Tarnuzzer, Jimmie Colon, Swanand Patil, Sudipta Seal

Institution: University of Central Florida

Language: English

Topic: Effects of Radiation Exposure

Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2024601575

FWCI: 8.501

Cites: 16

Cited by: 813

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