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Understanding radium’s chemistry increases the likelihood of using it for targeted alpha therapy in soft tissue.
An easy-to-use system can increase the availability of PET imaging agents to more patients.
Hard to produce in quantities and purities appropriate for human use, scandium radioisotopes have potential for imaging cancer.
Research advances the chemistry and improves the purity of isotopes for targeted alpha therapy used in the treatment of cancers.
Scientists can tune the strength of astatine-211 bonds with chemicals called ketones, laying the groundwork for a new class of radiopharmaceuticals.
A newly proposed approach aids chemical studies of rare, toxic, radioactive, and precious isotopes by requiring 1,000 times less material.
This new method individually separates heavy metals — an actinide chemist’s dream.
High-energy proton experiments optimize production of medical imaging isotopes while providing insight into how to protect astronauts from space radiation.
University researchers produce a novel method of shipping the promising medical isotope Astatine-211
NextGen power sources may satisfy the need for long-term, compact power for use in remote or extreme environments.
Promising study details how radioactive agents could be sent directly to cancer cells.
New production methods for cerium-134 advance technologies for imaging human disease and guiding treatment.
