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Magnetic threads slide through blood vessels to reach clots in the brain

18 Sep 2019 Lucy Rowlands 
Magnetically-manoeuvred guidewire
A guidewire is manoeuvred by magnets through a life-sized model of arteries in the brain. The nodules on the arteries represent aneurysms with a high risk of rupture that can cause a stroke. (Courtesy: Yoonho Kim et al/MIT)
A team of researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology has designed a new surgical tool th

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Lucy Rowlands is a former PhD student contributor to Physics World. Lucy studied targeted liposomal drug delivery systems at Imperial College London. Find out more about our student contributor networks
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