Hungry nanotubes: Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) compete with cells by interacting with folate and other essential micronutrients in cell culture medium (see picture). Sequestering of folate can cause apparent toxicity even without direct nanotube–cell contact through a new “starvation” mechanism.
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