X-Message-Number: 23059 From: Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 09:29:30 EST Subject: Detoxing With Magnets [A potential method for removing cryoprotectant toxins? -Jonathan Hinek] Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/12/08/2111235 Posted by: simoniker, on 2003-12-08 21:30:00 Topic: science, 180 comments from the and-profit-and-fun dept. Ridgelift writes "Wired has an article on a [1]new way to remove toxins from the bloodstream. The Argonne National Laboratory have designed nanoparticles which 'identify, and then latch onto, target molecules. The nanoparticles are injected into the bloodstream, where they circulate through the body, picking up their target toxins as they go. Once they have made their rounds, all that's needed to remove the particles from the body are a magnet housed in a handheld unit and a small, dual-channel shunt inserted into an arm or leg artery.'" References 1. http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,61505,00.html Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=23059