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Marie Curie was a famous French-Polish scientist known for her pioneering research on radioactivity. Her

work not only brought her fame but her death as well; she developed aplastic anemia due to radiation

exposure. She experienced recurrent and prolonged infections (viral, bacterial, parasitic, and fungal).

Explain why she suffered from recurrent infections. Be sure to mention the different types of WBC and the

relation to the various infections, and the reasons why she lacked the cell-mediated and the humeral

response.

Silverthorn, D. U., Johnson, B. R., Ober, W. C., Ober, C. E., Impagliazzo, A., & Silverthorn, A. C.

(2019). Human physiology: An integrated approach. New York: Pearson Education.

Marie Curie died of aplastic anemia, a blood disease that often results from exposure to large

amounts of radiation. Marie Curie studied the radiation of all compounds containing the known

radioactive elements, including uranium and thorium, which she later discovered was also

radioactive. Marie Curie was awarded the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her discoveries and

studies of the elements radium and polonium. Radiation is a result of nuclear decay and

penetrates through tissue in an exponential fashion and aplastic anemia (AA) is the result of

immune-mediated destruction of hematopoietic stem cells causing pancytopenia and an empty

bone marrow. Aplastic anemia leaves you feeling fatigued and with a higher risk of infections

and uncontrolled bleeding, with such a weak immune system Marie was an easy target for

those infections.

Silverthorn, D. U., Johnson, B. R., Ober, W. C., Ober, C. E., Impagliazzo, A., & Silverthorn, A. C.

(2019). Human physiology: An integrated approach. New York: Pearson Education

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.nobelprize.org

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Her body was being pulverized by radiation and effects of it. The radiation broke her DNA that

inhibited her body from being able to produce healthy WBC. She developed aplastic pernicious

anaemia that effects to her bodies immune system were shockingly apparent. Her body also

suffered from anemia caused by the cancer as the immature red blood cells swell and inhibit proper

circulation and deficiency of oxygen. The lack of oxygen can also make other organs suffer as they

struggle to maintain proper respiration. The liver becomes diseased and results in jaundice. The

bodies inability to break down malfunctioning cells due to the damage done by the radiation leads to

the body being poisoned by its own waste.

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