E-bandages lightly zap and heal wounds
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E-bandages lightly zap and heal wounds
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#2Would my body absorbing this metal be detrimental to my health in other ways?
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#3Would my body absorbing this metal be detrimental to my health in other ways?
I imagine a tiny amount would be okay, based on the scientists' reactions. However, I wonder if chronic use of this, which is how it'd be for diabetics, would actually lead to bad consequences. Perhaps the material is specifically tailored to be not just prone to absorption but also neutral/positive when processed by the body?
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#4Would my body absorbing this metal be detrimental to my health in other ways?
There's a lot of medical technology that involves sticking metal inside of people permanently, as long as they're making it out of the right kind of metal it's hard to believe it would be an issue to stick it on your skin.
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#5Would my body absorbing this metal be detrimental to my health in other ways?
AFAICT recommended max daily dose of molybdenum is 2mg per day. Above that it starts to get pretty nasty
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#6Would my body absorbing this metal be detrimental to my health in other ways?
There's a lot of medical technology that involves sticking metal inside of people permanently , as long as they're making it out of the right kind of metal it's hard to believe it would be an issue to stick it on your skin.
The article notes it doesn't just sit on your skin, but is designed to break down and be absorbed as the wound heals. So the amount of metal is a legit concern.
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#7Would my body absorbing this metal be detrimental to my health in other ways?
There's a lot of medical technology that involves sticking metal inside of people permanently , as long as they're making it out of the right kind of metal it's hard to believe it would be an issue to stick it on your skin.
And they always get it right, like cobalt in hip replacements.
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#8Would my body absorbing this metal be detrimental to my health in other ways?
There's a lot of medical technology that involves sticking metal inside of people permanently , as long as they're making it out of the right kind of metal it's hard to believe it would be an issue to stick it on your skin.
I once dissected a titanium knee replacement that had been implanted in a human. The surrounding tissue was steel-grey from metallosis.
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#9Would my body absorbing this metal be detrimental to my health in other ways?
There are a lot of metals in your diet. Iron and sodium are most famous, but others are present too. You need a little of most of them, but too much can be toxic. Probably there's a lot in this thing; it's not clear from the article if it's enough to cause a problem.
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#10Would my body absorbing this metal be detrimental to my health in other ways?
Acute toxicity of molybdenum (Mo), the metal in question, has not been seen in humans, and the toxicity depends strongly on the chemical state.
Studies on rats show a median lethal dose (LD50) as low as 180 mg/kg for some Mo compounds.
Although human toxicity data is unavailable, animal studies have shown that chronic ingestion of more than 10 mg/day of molybdenum can cause diarrhea, growth retardation, infertility, low birth weight, and gout; it can also affect the lungs, kidneys, and liver