Nanoparticle size determines ability to interact with cell membranes
Study authors Elaheh Kamaloo and Christina Bailey
Nanoparticles hold great promise for their use in a number of technologies, but the way that they can interact with cell membranes needs to be further studied both for the application of nano-advances in nanomedicine as well as for determining the safety of nanoparticles. The Camesano Lab published a new study in Biophysical Chemistry that focuses on a unique mechanism of cytotoxicity, cell membrane destabilization, which is principally dependent on the nanoparticle nature of the material rather than on its molecular properties.
The lead student author on the study is Christina Bailey, who received her BS in Chemical Engineering in May 2015. Christina will be pursuing a PhD at Brown University in Fall 2015.
