In my chemistry class,
we're doing a project about radioisotopes. My partners (Graham and Fawad) and I
decided to pick copper 64 as our radioisotope. The type of radioactive decay
copper 64 undergoes is beta and one of the many medical procedures
that uses copper 64 is radiotherapy and that helps with radiation treatment and
is controlled by the use of highly energized X-rays to treat many types of
cancer. Also this radioisotope is used to study brain functions and cure
Wilson's disease. Wilson's disease is an inherited disorder in which an
abundance of copper is accumulated in your liver, brain and other important
organs. The way these medical procedures work is by (for Wilson's disease)
being medicated with chelating agents that induce your organs to release copper
into your blood stream. Radiation treatment works by hurting material within
the cell of the cancer and limiting its ability.
In my group I was assigned to cover the medical prospective in copper 64 and I found a lot of vital and useful information. In my last paragraph I discussed about what conditions is copper 64 used to treat to or diagnose and how and why it works. Now let’s discuss the side effects associated with the treatments, for starters copper 64 is safe when being used to treat copper deficiency although it’s unsafe when being used in large quantities. Some symptoms of copper overdose are nausea, vomiting, bloody diarrhea, fever, stomach pain, low blood pressure and anemia. Well if there is no alternative then there will be no chemo and that would decrease the chances of the side effects but there would be no chemo. Also a peptide in a non-particle type of therapy is where a protein-based solution is given to the patient through an IV. IV (which stands for) Intravenous therapy is the mixture of liquid substance that is directed straight into the vain. Well thanks for reading my blog; hopefully I put a lot of knowledge in your brains! Thanks again, GO COPPER 64!
Citations:
In my group I was assigned to cover the medical prospective in copper 64 and I found a lot of vital and useful information. In my last paragraph I discussed about what conditions is copper 64 used to treat to or diagnose and how and why it works. Now let’s discuss the side effects associated with the treatments, for starters copper 64 is safe when being used to treat copper deficiency although it’s unsafe when being used in large quantities. Some symptoms of copper overdose are nausea, vomiting, bloody diarrhea, fever, stomach pain, low blood pressure and anemia. Well if there is no alternative then there will be no chemo and that would decrease the chances of the side effects but there would be no chemo. Also a peptide in a non-particle type of therapy is where a protein-based solution is given to the patient through an IV. IV (which stands for) Intravenous therapy is the mixture of liquid substance that is directed straight into the vain. Well thanks for reading my blog; hopefully I put a lot of knowledge in your brains! Thanks again, GO COPPER 64!
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