News tagged with alpha emitters
Star-Forming Backbone of a Massive Structure in the Early Universe Photographed
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a special camera known as AzTEC developed by a research team led by Grant Wilson, astronomy professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, an international research group has ...
May 20, 2009 |
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Team develops tumor destruction method that also creates immunity
Even when surgical tumor removal is combined with a heavy dose of chemotherapy or radiation, there's no guarantee that the cancer will not return. Now researchers at Tel Aviv University are strengthening the odds in favor ...
Dec 06, 2011 |
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High-impact radiopeptide therapy halts neuroendocrine cancer
Research introduced at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting could be a sign of hope for patients with neuroendocrine cancer not responding well to standard therapies. Most radiotherapies use medical isotopes that emit beta radiation. ...
Jun 06, 2011 |
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Isotope near 'doubly magic' tin-100 flouts conventional wisdom
(PhysOrg.com) -- Tin may seem like the most unassuming of elements, but experiments performed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are yielding surprising properties in extremely short-lived ...
Oct 21, 2010 |
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Spin-out in cutting-edge light source technology
The University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland has secured a spin-out deal to form a company working in the field of novel next-generation light source technology, which could open up a range of opportunities ...
Jul 02, 2010 |
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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 ...
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Jul 28, 2009 |
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Treatment capitalizes on unique qualities of radioisotope to prolong lives of brain tumor patients
In a study to determine safe dosages of the isotope astatine-211 for patients with recurring brain tumors, researchers were pleasantly surprised to find that not only was the isotope’s potency sufficient to kill residual ...
Jan 30, 2008 |
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Astronomers discover ancestors of Milky Way-type galaxies
Astronomers at Rutgers and Penn State universities have discovered galaxies in the distant universe that are ancestors of spiral galaxies like our Milky Way.
Jan 08, 2008 |
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Discovering teenage galaxies
Staring for the equivalent of every night for two weeks at the same little patch of sky with ESO’s Very Large Telescope, an international team of astronomers has found the extremely faint light from teenage ...
Nov 28, 2007 |
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