News tagged with radioactive tracers
Targeted therapy from within
A group of researchers at Johns Hopkins University has designed nanoparticles that can carry cancer-treating radioisotopes through the body and deliver them selectively to tumors. Today in Anaheim, CA, they will report the ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 28, 2009 |
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Imaging technique may trace development of Parkinson's disease
While finding a biomarker for Parkinson's disease that would let physicians screen for or track its progression remains an elusive goal, a team led by a University of Illinois at Chicago neuroscientist has shown that a non-invasive ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Ongoing worldwide shortage of medical isotopes could threaten patient care, says expert
A University of Nottingham expert is calling on the Government to provide substantial new investment into the production of medical isotopes or face a dangerous shortage that threatens to compromise patient healthcare.
Mar 18, 2009 |
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