Robotic Thumbs, Mending Bones with Magnets, and the State of Science this Summer
BBC Inside Science
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How to Transform a Stem Cell Into a Bone
We use stem cells, and am there's a lot known about stem cells in terms of how they can heal. The problem is how to control the way they behave when you put them in the body. We actually have little tiny magnetic nana particles, which are micron in size, and we can attach them on to receptor on the cell membrane. And once theyare on there, we can then use them to guide the cells to any part of the body, and then we can switch them on with a remote magnet. That's the concept.
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