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MedicalDevice-Network (Sept. 17, 2012) The use of magnetic filtration has the potential to transform the treatment of metastatic cancers. Kenneth E Scarberry and John F McDonald of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, US, explain how an ancient method of purging the human body of impurities could provide the inspiration for future research into the removal of malignant cells. Magnetic filtration has been actively applied in industrial processing, food processing and wastewater management strategies over several decades as a means of eliminating magnetic impurities. |