MAGNETS
MAGNETIC ATTRACTION MAY HELP ARTHRITICS
Damaged cartilage in joints can be regenerated by pulling
cells into the affected area with a magnet. Small biodegradable
magnets inserted into bone can attract injected magnetised
chondrocytes which migrate to the magnets and then form
new tissue.
NEW SCIENTIST, 11th April 1998, p10
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