How Does Carboplatin Use Synthetic Medicine?

Society as we know it today has become dependent on the use of synthetic materials, natural materials that have gone through a chemical change to become man-made, therefore, synthetic. Some synthetic materials are easier to create than others, these materials range from plastic, to nylon, to cocaine, to medicine, and much more. Synthetic materials play a large role in our lives and they surround us everyday, although, it hasn't always been this way. Earth and humans aren't always accustomed to handle the side effects of some of these synthetic materials, for example, some materials like plastic have a negative effect on the environment when thrown away as it is not biodegradable, while some medicines may have a negative effect on the health of a human being. It is important to take into account the benefits and risks that a synthetic materials has, and whether their use is worth it in the end.

Carboplatin is a platinum based medicine (a synthetic material) used to slow down the spread of cancer.Carboplatin is generally used to treat ovarian …show more content…
Platinum based medicine (for example Carboplatin or cisplatin) is negatively charged, but when in a cancer cell it becomes positively charged (due to the fact that the chloride ions are replaced with water molecules). Since water molecules are easily displaced, the platinum based compound is allowed to attach to the cell’s DNA, it then forms cross links in the DNA that blocks the ability that a cell has to read code, a necessary ability for the cell to function. The DNA is basically changed and then the cells aren't able to perform mitosis (a type of cell division where the two daughter cells have the same amount and type of chromosomes as their parent nucleas). If enough of the DNA is unreadable, the cell will die, and that is how a platinum based medicine works, like