Human body can break down carbon nanotubes

New research shows that an enzyme found in white blood cells can break down carbon nanotubes in the body.

Karolinska Institute:  http://ki.se/ki/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=130&a=98408&l=en&newsdep=130

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The study was led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet, the University of Pittsburgh and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Research was published in Nature Nanotechnology in press, 4 April 2010,

“Carbon nanotubes degraded by neutrophil myeloperoxidase induce less pulmonary inflammation”