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Magnetic Properties of Biological Samples

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Magnetic properties of materials determine their response to the externally applied magnetic field. Although most living organisms, including human bodies, are diamagnetic as a whole, they have a very complexed composition. The purpose of this chapter is to summarize the known facts about the magnetic properties of biological samples, including the magnetic susceptibility, magnetic anisotropy of biomolecules (nucleic acid, proteins and lipids, etc.), organisms, tissues, and cells. Although there are still not enough data in this aspect, especially live biological samples in physiological conditions, current evidences already show that biological samples at different states show different magnetism. For example, the oxygenated red blood cells are diamagnetic while the deoxygenated red blood cells are paramagnetic, which are mainly due to their hemoglobin at different states and have been used in magnetic resonance imaging to diagnose different types of bleeding. The chain-like ferromagnetic magnetosome in magnetotactic bacteria is also the tool for their orientation in earth magnetic field. Therefore, systematic examination of magnetic properties of biological samples is not only essential to avoid ambiguities, complexities, and limitations to the interpretations of magnetic field-induced bioeffects, but also critical for the magnetic field-based technical development.

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Guo, R., Zhang, L., Chen, H., Du, H., Qu, Z., Zhang, X. (2023). Magnetic Properties of Biological Samples. In: Zhang, X. (eds) Biological Effects of Static Magnetic Fields. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8869-1_3

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