{"id":91672,"date":"2019-06-05T15:55:32","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T22:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/carbon-nanotubes-found-in-childrens-lungs-for-the-first-time"},"modified":"2019-06-05T15:55:32","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T22:55:32","slug":"carbon-nanotubes-found-in-childrens-lungs-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/carbon-nanotubes-found-in-childrens-lungs-for-the-first-time","title":{"rendered":"Carbon nanotubes found in children\u2019s lungs for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/carbon-nanotubes-found-in-childrens-lungs-for-the-first-time.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Sam Wong<\/p>\n<p>Carbon nanotubes have turned up in the lungs of children living in Paris \u2013 the first time they have been detected in humans.<\/p>\n<p>Incredibly strong, light and conductive, nanotubes have shown great potential in areas such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg21929362-900-first-nanotube-computer-could-spark-carbon-revolution\">computing<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn19923-nanotube-yarns-let-smart-clothing-survive-the-laundry\">clothing<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn24172-nanotube-coated-spider-silk-can-sense-your-heartbeat\">healthcare technology<\/a>. Nevertheless, there has been some concern over their use after mouse studies showed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn13946-nanotubes-toxic-effects-similar-to-asbestos\">injected nanotubes can cause immune reactions<\/a> similar to those produced by asbestos.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn28370-carbon-nanotubes-found-in-childrens-lungs-for-the-first-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\">Read more<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sam Wong Carbon nanotubes have turned up in the lungs of children living in Paris \u2013 the first time they have been detected in humans. Incredibly strong, light and conductive, nanotubes have shown great potential in areas such as computing, clothing and healthcare technology. Nevertheless, there has been some concern over their use after [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":526,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-nanotechnology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/526"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}