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Scientists are also looking at other ways of driving drugs and therapeutic genes around the body. Jon Dobson's team at Keele University are studying nano-sized magnetic particles.
These tiny magnets can be attached to the drug or gene and pulled to the target site using a magnetic field outside the body.
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| forward | An external magnet pulls the drugs to the target area.
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