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Quantum dots may safely treat cancer

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Quantum dots may hold promise as tools for treating and detecting diseases like cancer, new research shows.

Most of the potentially toxic cadmium from the quantum dots stayed in the liver, spleen, and kidneys of the animals studied over the 90-day period, says researchers at the University at Buffalo.

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