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New insights into nanotubes

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Multiwalled carbon nanotubes inhaled by mice can reach the outer lining of the lungs and cause scarring.

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Figure 1: Movement of particles through the lung.

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  1. Ken Donaldson and Craig A. Poland are at the University of Edinburgh, Centre for Inflammation Research, Queen's Medical Research Institute, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK.,

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Donaldson, K., Poland, C. New insights into nanotubes. Nature Nanotech 4, 708–710 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2009.327

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