Magnetic surgical cement heals spinal fractures, provides targeted drug delivery

(University of Illinois at Chicago) Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago report in the journal PLOS ONE, that by adding magnetic particles to surgical cement used to heal spinal fractures, they could guide magnetic nanoparticles directly to lesions near the fractures.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news