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Softer skin

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Skin cells can lose their stiffness when exposed to titianium dioxide nanoparticles and ultraviolet light

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  1. Vileno, B. et al. Stiffness alterations of single cells induced by UV in the presence of NanoTiO2 . Environ. Sci. Technol. 10.1021/es0629561 (2007).

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  1. Ai Lin Chun
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Chun, A. Softer skin. Nature Nanotech (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2007.214

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