28/07/2024
Researchers Examine Nanotechnological Methods For Improving Agriculture (Courier)
"When nanoparticles are injected into the bloodstream, many components of the blood stick onto the surface of the nanoparticles. The various proteins sticking to a nanoparticle's surface make it look different.
"The task then becomes figuring out what proteins or other molecules will stick to the surface and where the particle will go as a result. A nanoparticle designed to move toward a certain organ may have its destination altered by white blood cells that detect the particle's surface proteins and send it to a different organ.
"'Broadly speaking, that's the idea of bio-corona formation and trafficking,' Ristroph said. 'People in drug delivery nanomedicine have been thinking about and developing tools for studying that kind of thing. Some of those thoughts and some of those tools could be applied to plants.'" ... [that humans then consume]
