title: Misinterpretation in Nanotoxicology: A Personal Perspective.
abstract: As an emerging field, nanotoxicology is gaining significant interest from scientists as well as from international regulatory firms in an attempt to build accumulated knowledge on this topic, which will be the basis for regulatory codes and safer nanotechnology. However, conflicting results and findings are abundant in the literature calling for more careful experimental design, result interpretation, and detailed reporting. In this perspective, we focus on misinterpretation in nanotoxicology and highlight the importance of proper experimental practice to avoid artifacts by discussing various examples from the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Jordan , Amman 11942, Jordan.
authors.forename: Alaaldin M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Alkilany
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Jordan , Amman 11942, Jordan.
authors.forename: Nouf N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Mahmoud
authors.affiliation: Department of Nanotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Fatemeh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hashemi
authors.affiliation: The Persian Gulf Marine Biotechnology Research Center, The Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences , Bushehr, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Hajipour
authors.affiliation: Department of Nanotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Fakhrosadat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Farvadi
authors.affiliation: Department of Nanotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran.|Department of Anesthesiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
authors.forename: Morteza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mahmoudi
mesh_terms: D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity*; D036103:Nanotechnology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results