Medical Uses
- Uranium has no nutritional value, it is very toxic,especially to the kidneys. If you inhale Uranium dust or eat anything with Uranium, it will get into your bloodstream. The Uranium filled blood will be filtered by the kidneys, and if there is too much Uranium it can even cause kidney failure and death.
- Decay of Uranium is used in fighting cancer. Targeted Alpha Therapy uses the decay of Uranium-233 to make Boron-10 and then the tumor is irradiated with neutrons which Boron absorbs which produces high energy alpha particles which kills the cancer.
- Uranium is used in another way in killing cancer. Ionizing Radiation and radioactive isotopes of Uranium are used in gamma rays to kill the cancer, even though the rays attack healthy and cancer cells, so that could cause even more cancer.