Detoxing With Magnets for Fun and Profit

Posted by simoniker on Monday December 8, 2003 @09:30AM from the and-profit-and-fun dept.

Ridgelift writes "Wired has an article on a 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.'"

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Re:Now all they.. by twiddlingbits · 2003-12-08 11:42 · Score: 0, Flamebait

If you live in Massachusetts and your name is Kennedy you don't get a DUI or anything even after the car turns into a submarine and you kill the passenger.Elected officials should be held to a HIGHER standard, but they never will be as long as they bring home the Pork.