CISPLATIN
Cisplatin is a unique anti-cancer agent. It's development began in the 1960's, as it often did in those days, purely by accident. During an experiment done to see what happens to bacteria in electrical fields, it was noticed that the bacteria had stopped multiplying. It seems they had been poisoned by something that was leaching out of one of the electrodes used to create the electrical field. The substance was identified as platinum. Anything that can poison cells and keep them from growing holds potential promise as a chemotherapy drug. Cisplatin (which contains platinum) was tested against a diversity of tumors. Overall, it proved of little long-term value, except it appeared astoundingly successful against one particular type of tumor, testicular cancer
Cisplatin is a unique anti-cancer agent. It's development began in the 1960's, as it often did in those days, purely by accident. During an experiment done to see what happens to bacteria in electrical fields, it was noticed that the bacteria had stopped multiplying. It seems they had been poisoned by something that was leaching out of one of the electrodes used to create the electrical field. The substance was identified as platinum. Anything that can poison cells and keep them from growing holds potential promise as a chemotherapy drug. Cisplatin (which contains platinum) was tested against a diversity of tumors. Overall, it proved of little long-term value, except it appeared astoundingly successful against one particular type of tumor, testicular cancer
