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➤ It is accompanied by damage to the body's genetic material and impaired integrity of cellular structures, which can lead to the formation of carcinomas.

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➤ Md isotopes have been used in scientific practice to deepen experiments and research on radioactivity and internal exposure - dosimetry.

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➤ A characteristic manifestation of toxic effects on tissue and cellular structures of the body when interacting with radioactive compounds.

➤ Antidote: Symptomatic therapy.

➤ The element ²⁵⁹Md is named after the great chemist, author of the periodic law, Dmitri Mendeleev (1834-1907), who predicted the existence of many new elements.

Scientists at the University of California have produced 17 Md.