Review ArticleBiological interactions of carbon-based nanomaterials: From coronation to degradation
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The present review discusses biological interactions of carbon-based nanomaterials, focusing on bio-corona formation, biodegradation, and biodistribution and targeting for various biomedical applications.
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Funding: This work was supported by grants from the European Commission (Flagship Project GRAPHENE, grant no. 604391; FP7-NANOSOLUTIONS, grant no. 309329; FP7-NANOREG, grant no. 310584), the Swedish Research Council, and the Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FORMAS) (to B.F.); National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) grant no. R01ES019304 (to A.S.); Arthritis National Research Foundation (John Vaughan Scholarship) (to M.B.); and SfP NATO grant no. SfP-984537, and Italian Ministry of Health grant no. PE-2011-02347026 (to S.B.).
Conflict of interest: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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