Toxicological and pharmacological studies suggest guidelines for the safe use of carbon nanotubes in medicine.
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Kostarelos, K. The long and short of carbon nanotube toxicity. Nat Biotechnol 26, 774–776 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0708-774
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