Physorg.com -- Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) believe that nanoparticles added to a cream or coated on a nickel-containing object could prevent the itchy redness associated with an allergy to the nickel found in everyday objects like rings. In this cartoon, a nanoparticle cream applied to the ring finger prevents inflammation from the nickel in a ring (brownish particles represent a thin barrier layer of nanoparticles). The forefinger, without the cream, is inflamed after exposure to the ring and its nickel. Credit: Praveen Kumar Vemula, Karp lab, BWH.
