National Institute for Physics of Matter
Università degli Studi di
Modena e Reggio Emilia
Bioengineering approach to the Balkan Syndrome
Dr.Antonietta M. Gatti
World Uranium Weapons Conference
Hamburg October 16-19, 2003
Passage of micro
and nanodebris
through the lung
barrier
Passage of the
ingested micro and
nanodebris through
the bowel barrier
Micro and
nanoparticles
travel in the blood
The Limph nodes can
segregate the debris
from the blood
circulation
Debris not entrapped
by liver and kidney
can deposit in the
bladder
bladder
A.M. Gatti , F. Rivasi “ Biocompatibility of micro- and
nanoparticles in liver and kidney: Part I ”
Biomaterials June 2002 , vol 23 , issue 11 , 2381-2387.
A.M. Gatti “Biocompatibility of micro- and nano-particles
in the colon: Part II “
accepted by Biomaterials, June 2003. in press
A.Nemmar, B.Nemery et al. “Passage of inhaled particles
into blood circulation in humans” Circulation 2002,
105(4), 411-15.