Oct. 22, Thursday, 4 p.m. -- Thomas C. Skalak, vice president for research and professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Virginia, will speak on "Biomedical Engineering and Innovation ...

Despite advertising claims, he finds it unlikely that a magnet could attract blood or improve circulation. Even the huge magnetic fields created by MRI machines don’t alter blood flow, he notes.

Because red blood cells contain iron, Tao has been able to reduce a person's blood viscosity (resistance to flow) by 20-30 per cent by subjecting it to a magnetic field for about one minute.

Now, he is using the same magnetic fields to thin human blood in the circulation system. Because red blood cells contain iron, Tao has been able to reduce a person's blood viscosity by 20-30 ...

Researchers make magnetic nanoparticles that can latch on to harmful molecules and purge them from the blood.

Deadly conditions like leukaemia, sepsis and malaria could be drawn from the body using magnets, after a British engineer designed a blood filtering system which sieves away disease.

Researchers have developed a method for the localized delivery of blood-borne drugs using magnetic nanoparticles. A critical barrier to delivering drugs from the bloodstream into target tissues such ...

The result: smoother blood flow. In fact, after just 1 to 12 minutes of exposure to the magnetic field via a 1,000-pound magnet, blood viscosity decreased by 20 to 30 percent for several hours.

Magnetic bracelets are one of the most widely used forms of magnet therapy for arthritis. Worn around the wrist, they are believed to help reduce inflammation and improve blood flow to nearby joints.