An easier way to remove medical devices : comparemela.com

MIT researchers designed metal devices that could be used as stents, staples, or drug depots, then broken down inside the body when no longer needed. The devices, made of aluminum, can be dissolved by exposing them to a liquid metal known as gallium-indium.

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