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Artificial Hip Joints

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BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows

Evidence that the good lubrication in artificial hip joints is as a result of graphite, produced in situ by reduction of proteins on metal surfaces:

http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2011/December/artificial-hip-joints-graphite-nanoparticles.asp


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