{"id":76845,"date":"2021-01-14T18:17:24","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T12:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=76845"},"modified":"2021-03-01T15:10:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T09:40:23","slug":"barc-develops-indias-first-ruthenium-106-plaque-for-effective-eye-cancer-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/barc-develops-indias-first-ruthenium-106-plaque-for-effective-eye-cancer-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"BARC Develops India&#8217;s First Ruthenium 106 Plaque For Effective Eye Cancer Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Bhabha Atomic Research Centre(BARC) Mumbai has developed an Eye Cancer therapy. It was the first indigenous Ruthenium 106 Plaque for the treatment of Ocular Tumors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ruthenium-106: <\/strong>It is a radioactive form of the rare heavy metal ruthenium. It is a &#8220;platinum group&#8221; metal similar to platinum.<\/li>\n<li><strong>How is it produced? <\/strong>It is produced from the fission or splitting of uranium-235, the type of uranium used in nuclear fission reactors, so it&#8217;s found in spent nuclear fuel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Uses: <\/strong>It is used in medicine for cancer radiation therapy, especially for eye and skin tumors. It is also used in radioisotope thermoelectric generators that power satellites.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Harmful to Humans: <\/strong>High doses of ruthenium are toxic and carcinogenic when ingested. The material is strongly retained in the bones.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/in-a-first-barc-developed-plaque-therapy-successfully-used-on-eye-cancer-patients-in-aiims-says-minister\/articleshow\/80017862.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Article Source<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre(BARC) Mumbai has developed an Eye Cancer therapy. It was the first indigenous Ruthenium 106 Plaque for the treatment of Ocular Tumors. Facts: Ruthenium-106: It is a radioactive form of the rare heavy metal ruthenium. It is a &#8220;platinum group&#8221; metal similar to platinum. How is it produced? It is produced&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/barc-develops-indias-first-ruthenium-106-plaque-for-effective-eye-cancer-treatment\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BARC Develops India&#8217;s First Ruthenium 106 Plaque For Effective Eye Cancer Treatment<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":76836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,7965,9],"tags":[1424,1289],"class_list":["post-76845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-st_6","tag-soc_0","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/BARC-Develops-Indias-First-Ruthenium-106-Plaque-For-Effective-Eye-Cancer-Treatment.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704885785},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}