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Detoxing With Magnets for Fun and Profit

Posted by simoniker on 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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  1. Re:MRI by Conspiracy_Of_Doves · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Remember the scene from X2 where Magneto pulled the iron out of the bloodstream of the guard?

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  2. too little too late by colmore · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Oh sure, but where was this technology Sunday morning when I had the worst goddamn hangover of my life?

    Thanks for NOTHING, science.

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  3. I wonder.. by patrick.whitlock · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I wonder when this will be in an ad in High Times?