Atomic resolution studies detect new biologic evidences on the Turin Shroud.
Elvio CarlinoLiberato De CaroCinzia GianniniGiulio FantiPublished in: PloS one (2017)
We performed reproducible atomic resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy and Wide Angle X-ray Scanning Microscopy experiments studying for the first time the nanoscale properties of a pristine fiber taken from the Turin Shroud. We found evidence of biologic nanoparticles of creatinine bounded with small nanoparticles of iron oxide. The kind, size and distribution of the iron oxide nanoparticles cannot be dye for painting but are ferrihydrate cores of ferritin. The consistent bound of ferritin iron to creatinine occurs in human organism in case of a severe polytrauma. Our results point out that at the nanoscale a scenario of violence is recorded in the funeral fabric and suggest an explanation for some contradictory results so far published.
Keyphrases
- electron microscopy
- single molecule
- atomic force microscopy
- iron oxide nanoparticles
- iron oxide
- rheumatoid arthritis
- high resolution
- iron deficiency
- walled carbon nanotubes
- endothelial cells
- uric acid
- high speed
- mental health
- high throughput
- early onset
- pluripotent stem cells
- induced pluripotent stem cells
- magnetic resonance imaging
- systematic review
- computed tomography
- drug induced
- intimate partner violence
- single cell
- aqueous solution
- contrast enhanced