Nanomaterials have published an article by Bissardon et Al in which scientists have investigated “the impact of sub-toxic concentrations of Se0 functionalized nanoparticles (SeNPs) on prostate cancer PC-3 cells and determined their intracellular localization and fate”. Selenium 0 (Se0) is a powerful anti-proliferative agent in cancer research. Their abstract concludes: “our findings provide new insight to further study the various mechanisms of cytotoxicity of SeNPs.”
PC-3 cells were plated onto Silson’s silicon nitride membranes of size 1.5 mm × 1.5 mm and 500 nm thicknes, and then analyzed at the hard X-ray Nanoprobe beamline, I14, at Diamond Light Source.
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