In a recent experiment, researchers have developed
gold nanoparticles in the laboratory in order to reduce the cell
death of neurons exposed to overexcitement. The study is the result
of an international collaboration coordinated by Roberto Fiammengo,
researcher at the Center of Biomolecular Nanotechnologies of the
IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of
Technology) in Lecce (Italy). The international team also involves
colleagues at the University of Genoa, Imperial College London,
King’s College London, the Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and
Technology of the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Genoa and the
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in
Heidelberg.
