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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


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