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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 12.
Published in final edited form as: Small. 2020 May 14;16(36):e2000673. doi: 10.1002/smll.202000673

Figure 5.

Figure 5.

Safety assessment of Auroshell nanoparticles, an example for inorganic biomedical nanomaterials. (A) Scheme of the silica/gold core-shell structure of Auroshell nanoparticle. (B) Preclinical International Organization for Standardization (ISO) toxicological testing performed for Auroshell particles. (C) Mass balance data of mice receiving a single injection of Auroshell particles and sacrificed at the time points indicated. Gold content was detected by Neutron activation analysis (NAA). Reproduced with permission.[154] Copyright 2012, SAGE Publishing.