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Artificial Hip Joints
BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows Started conversation Dec 23, 2011
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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