METHOD FOR REMOVING HEAVY METALS FROM BONE

摘要

The present application discloses a method for removing heavy metal from a subject's bone tissue. The method includes contacting a subject's bone tissue with the subject's blood under conditions effective to transfer at least some of the heavy metal in the subject's bone tissue to the subject's blood. The blood fluid is extracorporeally circulated, and, while the blood is being extracorporeally circulated, at least a portion of the heavy metal is removed from the subject's blood. The method of the present invention can be used to decrease the level of heavy metal present in a subject's bone tissue and, in this manner, reduce a heavy metal pool which is believed to contribute to elevated blood levels of heavy metals with its associated physiologically damaging effects.