Journal of Molecular Cell Biology Advance Access originally published online on August 7, 2009
Journal of Molecular Cell Biology 2009 1(1):6-7; doi:10.1093/jmcb/mjp006
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Acute Lung Injury: A Yellow Card for Engineered Nanoparticles?
1 Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Laboratories, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
2 Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
3 Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
4 Department of Anaesthesia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
5 The Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
* Correspondence to: Mingyao Liu, Tel: +1-416-581-7501; Fax: +1-416-581-7504; E-mail: mingyao.liu{at}utoronto.ca
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Application of nanomaterials in various diagnostic and therapeutic areas shows great promise. To translate nanotechnology into nanomedicine, it is important to understand any potential mechanisms of toxicity caused by nanomaterials, and to design approaches to mitigate any detrimental effects.