Dissolved uranium in groundwater at high concentrations is an emerging global threat to
human and ecological health due to its radioactivity and chemical toxicity. Uranium can …

Providing effective chelation therapy in response to internal human actinide contamination
has been shown to reduce acute radiation damage, chemical toxicity, and late radiation …

Searching for actinide decorporation agents with advantages of high decorporation
efficiency, minimal biological toxicity, and high oral efficiency is crucial for nuclear safety and …

Uranium (U) is a well-known nephrotoxicant which forms precipitates in the lysosomes of
renal proximal tubular epithelial cells (PTECs) after U-exposure at a cytotoxic dose …

Although the biokinetics, metabolism, and chemical toxicity of uranium are well known, until
recently little attention was paid to the potential toxic effects of uranium on reproduction and …

As in the case of other heavy metals, a considerable body of evidence suggests that
overexposure to uranium may cause pathological alterations to the kidneys in both humans …

Magnetite nanoparticles (MNPs) with biocompatible coatings are good candidates for MRI
(magnetic resonance imaging) contrasting, magnetic hyperthermia treatments, and drug …

Chelating agents such as calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA), 2, 3-
dimercaptopropanol (BAL), or d-penicillamine (D-PA) have been widely used for the past 4 …

The complete understanding of the human body response to uranium contamination
exposure is vital to the development of exposure analysis and subsequent treatments for …

Abstract Tiron (1, 2-dihydroxybenzene-3, 5-disulfonate), a non-toxic chelator of a variety of
metals, is used to alleviate acute metal overload in animals. It is also oxidized to the EPR …