April 19, 2013

SBU-Led Study Reveals Nanoparticles Found in Everyday Items Can Inhibit Fat Storage




Increase in gold nanoparticles can accelerate aging and wrinkling, slow wound healing, cause onset of diabetes

New research reveals that pure gold nanoparticles found in everyday items such as personal care products, as well as drug delivery, MRI contrast agents and solar cells can inhibit adipose (fat) storage and lead to accelerated aging and wrinkling, slowed wound healing and the onset of diabetes. The researchers, led by Tatsiana Mironava, a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Molecular Engineering at Stony Brook University, detail their research, “Gold nanoparticles cellular toxicity and recovery: Adipose Derived Stromal cells,” in the journal Nanotoxicology.