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SUBMITTER: Wang N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5571844 | biostudies-other | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Wang Ning N Wang Hui H Tang Chengchun C Lei Shijun S Shen Wanqing W Wang Cong C Wang Guobin G Wang Zheng Z Wang Lin L
International journal of nanomedicine 20170818
Boron nitride (BN) nanomaterials have been increasingly explored for potential biological applications. However, their toxicity remains poorly understood. Using <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i> as a whole-animal model for toxicity analysis of two representative types of BN nanomaterials - BN nanospheres (BNNSs) and highly water-soluble BN nanomaterial (named BN-800-2) - we found that BNNSs overall toxicity was less than soluble BN-800-2 with irregular shapes. The concentration thresholds for BNNSs ...[more]