Medical Uses of Platinum
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Platinum
bonds can be used to as medicine to help cure cancer
· Used in medical and surgical tools such as a syringe and medical wire
· Also used for dentistry prostheses and magnets
· Platinum is considered non-toxic, and can be dangerous
· Can cause DNA alterations, allergic reactions, and damage to organs
· Can also cause potentiation of toxcity of dangerous chemicals in human body
· Cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II) [also known as Cisplatin] is used in chemotherapy drugs, and it crosslinks DNA while killing cancerous cells