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Handbook of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

Abstract

There are many links between magnetism and biology. One way to classify them is according to whether they are naturally occurring or whether they concern the exploitation of magnetism in biology and medicine. Here we refer to the former as “biomagnetism” and the latter as “magnetobiology.” Examples of biomagnetism discussed here are magnetic navigation in animals, magnetic signals generated by animals, and the presence of iron in the body. The field of magnetobiology may be subdivided into imaging, fixation, actuation, heating, or stimulation, and it covers topics ranging from fundamental studies in biology to biomedical applications. Biomagnetic phenomena are not new, but recent advances in magnetobiology are shedding light on our current understanding of biomagnetism. Thus, biomagnetism and magnetobiology are closely interlinked. While the fundamental processes at play are well understood in certain applications (e.g., magnetic resonance imaging, cell sorting in microfluidics), the exact link between the magnetic cause and the biological effect remains to be verified in other cases (e.g., magnetically guided navigation in birds, transcranial magnetic stimulation, etc.).

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