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The most abundant transition metal in the human body and arguably the most consequential metal in biology. Iron sits at the center of a paradox that drives pathology across virtually every disease domain: organisms need it for oxygen transport, energy metabolism, DNA sy…
A dense, chemically inert noble metal with no known biological function -- yet platinum compounds are the backbone of chemotherapy for ovarian, testicular, lung, and bladder cancers. The discovery that cisplatin inhibits bacterial cell division (Rosenberg, 1965) led to …
An essential trace element that is primarily protective in its biological roles. Unlike most metals in this wiki, selenium's toxicological significance lies more in the consequences of its deficiency than its excess. Selenium is the backbone of the selenoproteome -- a f…