Imaging and radiation effects of gold nanoparticles in tumour cells

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  McQuaid, Harold N ^a   Muir, Mark F ^b   Taggart, Laura E ^a   McMahon, Stephen J ^a,c   Coulter, Jonathan A ^a   Hyland, Wendy B ^d   Jain, Suneil ^a,d   Butterworth, Karl T ^a   Schettino, Giuseppe ^e   Prise, Kevin M ^a   Hirst, David G ^a   Botchway, Stanley W ^f   Currell, Fred J ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Camlin Technologies AG   (Italy)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f Science and Technology Facilities Council   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

CELL CULTURE; DNA DAMAGE; ENERGY FILTERED TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA DAMAGE; GOLD; HUMANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ENERGY-FILTERING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 84955299319     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep19442     Document Type: Article

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