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Radioisotopes
Radioisotopes: - Chemical variants of radioactive elements with potentially oncogenic, teratogenic, and mutagenic effects on the human body. [Environmental Protection Agency] News archive for Radioisotopes:: |
Las Vegas Business Press,Technology transfer director Dr. Robert Sweitzer cited an example of seeking outside advice on designing radioisotopes that would detect or destroy
More Nuclear Reactors Called for to Ensure Uninterrupted Supply of ... - Jul 29, 2008
MedIndia,The reactor, which provides two-thirds of the world's radioisotopes, stopped supplying nuclear material essential for medical imaging and diagnostic scans
Keeping tabs on radioisotopes - and more - Jul 8, 2008
Laboratory Talk,And others are taking advantage of its flexibility to manage other kinds of records, from the location and type of radioactive sealed sources to user
Canada regulator, nuke firm blasted over isotopes - Jul 28, 2008
Reuters...and government-owned Atomic Energy Canada Ltd prompted the damaging closure of a reactor which made medical radioisotopes, a report said on Monday.
Munger: DOE isotopes program a crisis in the making - Jul 8, 2008
Knoxville News Sentinel,Funding for production of radioisotopes for medical, industrial and research uses is gone, and DOE apparently is putting pressure on private industry to
UPDATE 1-MDS seeks C$1.6 bln from Canada over Maple reactor - Jul 9, 2008
ReutersMDS sells medical radioisotopes, used in cancer treatment, to hospitals and other health-care providers. The Mississauga, Ontario-based company said it is
Outlook unclear for ORNL program - Jul 6, 2008
Knoxville News Sentinel,OAK RIDGE - One of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's historically important missions - the production of radioisotopes for medicine and industry - is in
MDS files claim against Canada and AECL - Jul 9, 2008
Reuters India,MDS said the claim follows the May decision by Canada and AECL to scrap a nuclear reactor project designed to produce medical radioisotopes without giving
Radiation Detectors to be Deployed at 2008 Olympics - Jul 16, 2008
Government Technology,The units are able to differentiate between dangerous radioactive materials, medical and naturally occurring radioisotopes, such as bananas,
ADME Scientist (Metabolism) - Jul 15, 2008
FierceBiotech,A successful candidate must possess prior experience with in vivo/in vitro drug metabolism study designs, handling and use of radioisotopes (eg 14C and 3H),
AZERBAIJAN GETS READY TO GO NUCLEAR - Jul 28, 2008
EurasiaNet,He stressed that the institute’s reactor would be used to produce radioisotopes to disinfect medical equipment and instruments.
GlobalTrak(R) Introduces New Radiation Detector on Wireless Remote ... - Jul 28, 2008
MarketWatch...materials used in industry and medicine because such radioisotopes can be stolen for malicious acts such as 'dirty bombs,'" explained Karen Owsowitz,
US and India Release Text of 123 Agreement - Jul 31, 2008
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),Provision of power for a military base drawn from any power network, production of radioisotopes to be used for medical purposes in military environment for
Keeping abreast - Jul 19, 2008
Malaysia Star,The technique of SNB is the identification of these sentinel lymph nodes (usually one to three nodes) with the assistance of radioisotopes and dye
MDS stock up slightly despite restructuring charges - Jul 18, 2008
National Post,...a nuclear reactor project that MDS was commissioned to design and construct to produce medical radioisotopes without giving it prior notice or consultation.
ICx Technologies inks $2.5M security deal for Olympics - Jul 15, 2008
Bizjournals.com,The units can differentiate between dangerous radioactive materials, medical products and naturally occurring radioisotopes, such as bananas.
SIDEBAR: The Story of Orphan Uranium Mine - Jul 22, 2008
The Washington Independent,The park service has posted signs on Horn Creek, warning the public not to drink, due to potentially hazardous levels of radioisotopes.
MDS trims down Pharma Services to cut costs - Jul 21, 2008
OutSourcing-Pharma.com,MDS' Nordion unit is a major world supplier of medical radioisotopes and is concerned that its ability to serve that function will be compromised if the
Foiling a 'lottery of death' - Jul 21, 2008
Atlantic Free Press,The fallout, containing uranium dust or radioisotopes from a nuclear bomb yield, could manifest in the form of rain or snow and contaminate milk or leafy
Full Text - Jul 17, 2008
Science Magazine (subscription)As a bonus, ultrasonic devices require none of the radioisotopes or heavy shielding of x-ray machines. The bone biophysicists gathered in Paris compared
Medical technology: prospects for the 21st century - Jul 16, 2008
ScienceAlert,They have application in the body where there is repeated stressing, such as with pacemakers, or as delivery vehicles for radioisotopes for cancer.
EHRS Summer Update - Jul 15, 2008
UPENN Almanac,...as federal regulations and NIH require lab workers to wear lab coats and safety glasses in areas where chemicals, biohazards or radioisotopes are used.
Full Text - Jul 10, 2008
Science Magazine (subscription)The facility was designed to extract enriched uranium from fuel rods and handle radioisotopes in hot cells: rooms with meter-thick concrete walls and
AECL sued over reactor cancellation - Jul 11, 2008
Your Nuclear News (press release),MDS is the parent company of MDS Nordion, which buys AECL's output of radioisotopes for processing into medical isotopes before distribution to
Palmquist gets lifetime achievement award - Jul 10, 2008
All about feed,The use of radioisotopes to quantify the transfer of dietary fat to milk fat was particularly innovative, and it led him to conclude that supplemental fat
Two icons of neuroscience turn 90 - Jul 9, 2008
McGill University Health Center,Here he developed with colleagues Canada's first brain scanner using radioisotopes and pioneered the use of closed circuit TV in epilepsy surgery.
Mazur: Rare Chat W/ R. Lewontin & A. Lima-De-Faria - Jul 9, 2008
Scoop.co.nz,The molecular analysis, using radioisotopes and other methods, made him realize that the chromosome, and the gene, arrived quite late in evolution and that
Oak Ridge National Laboratory running out of isotopes - Jul 7, 2008
SmartBrief,The Oak Ridge National Laboratory currently is facing a shortage of radioisotopes, as its budget dwindles. The isotope program is being restructured by the
Reuters Canada Business Summary - Jul 9, 2008
ReportonBusiness.com,MDS sells medical radioisotopes, used in cancer treatment, to hospitals and other health-care providers. TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's
Reuters Canada Business Summary - Jul 9, 2008
ReportonBusiness.com,MDS sells medical radioisotopes, used in cancer treatment, to hospitals and other health-care providers. TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's
PET Scans May Help Identify Early Lung Cancer - 03 Dec 2007
Cancer Consultants (press release),During a PET scan, radioisotopes are attached to a sugar-like solution. The images produced by the PET scan capture the increased metabolic activity,
CLUES SEALED IN STONE - 03 Dec 2007
Philadelphia Inquirer,Because some fossils at Red Hill match those from other sites that have been dated with radioisotopes, researchers can get a good idea of the time frame.
Uranium Seized From Three Slovakians - Nov 29, 2007
AHNNow, the significance of these two elements in making electricity and radioisotopes had been discovered. From 1940 up to around 1970, almost all uranium was
Government to tighten law on radioactive isotopes - Nov 10, 2007
The Daily Yomiuri,The ministry intends to revise in the near future regulations based on the Law Concerning Prevention of Radiation Injury due to Radioisotopes and Others,
Report: No Abnormal Radiation at Lejeune - Nov 30, 2007
The Associated PressLab researchers worked in a building that's now part of the base's Naval Hospital, studying dogs who had been given radioisotopes.
New proposals for competitive energy market - Nov 27, 2007
Jerusalem Post,Besides, delays in transport of medical radioisotopes could substantially affect their therapeutic properties, mainly for those of short half-life.
Laurie mckenzie-Carter Named Chief Financial Officer of ... - Nov 14, 2007
CNNMoney.comThe Company also provides a wide selection of radioisotopes and radiochemicals for medical devices, calibration, clinical research, life sciences,
Innovation: patent applications review - Nov 21, 2007
Medical Physics Web (Subscription),...or low energy gamma-emitter - associated with a chelating agent (for metallic radioisotopes) or other compound (for iodine or other non-metals).
Simple method boosts cotton yields in Kazakhstan - Nov 12, 2007
SciDev.net,...with phosphogypsum transportation and application by farmers, as some grades of phosphogypsum can contain relatively high levels of radioisotopes.
wallst.net (www.wallst.net) Updates the Investment Community ... - Nov 7, 2007
Earthtimes,The field of nuclear medicine has routinely utilized radioisotopes in the diagnosis of disease while new processes are being pioneered for the targeted
scitech Briefs - Nov 5, 2007
CMU The Tartan Online,This is achieved by radioimmunotherapy, a method in which radioisotopes mounted on antibodies are injected into the body to seek out and destroy viral
Rock and Soul - Nov 4, 2007
Ottawa Citizen,The tailings, pulverized rock left over after extraction, possess elevated concentrations of radioisotopes. They release radon gas into the atmosphere and
Metastatic Carcinoma of the Long Bones - Nov 13, 2007
AAFP News NowRoque M, Martinez MJ, Alonso P, Catala E, Garcia JL, Ferrandiz M. Radioisotopes for metastatic bone pain. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2003;(4):CD003347. 24.
GIA Presents Paper on Blue Topaz Issue - Aug 22, 2007
Jewelers Circular Keystone Online,Gamma Ray: Gems are exposed to radiation emitted by Cobalt-60 or Cesium-137, both highly radioactive isotopes (or “radioisotopes�) of these two elements.
International Isotopes Inc. Announces Completion of an Exclusive ... - Aug 22, 2007
CNNMoney.comThe Company also provides a wide selection of radioisotopes and radiochemicals for medical devices, calibration, clinical research, life sciences,
Trace Life Sciences and Macrocyclics Announce Project Collaboration - Aug 16, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),Macrocyclics currently manufactures bifunctional chelating agents that safely link radioisotopes to biological targeting molecules such as antibodies which
Fossil discoveries undermine traditional evolutionary dogma - Aug 18, 2007
In-Forum (subscription),ICR.org Web sites, especially in regards to the RATE (Radioisotopes and the Age of The Earth) project. May I respectfully suggest another possible
Harness the power of the atom - Aug 2, 2007
Hindu,In industry, radioisotopes are used for measuring microscopic thicknesses and detecting defects in structures. Archaeologists use nuclear techniques to date
Nuclear exposure tests found lacking - Aug 22, 2007
Knoxville News Sentinel,20 percent of nuclear workers were not tested at the frequency they should have been for all the radioisotopes at their work sites, the report states.
Advanced Medical Isotopes Corporation to Perform Medical Isotope ... - Aug 22, 2007
Primenewswire (press release),The field of nuclear medicine has routinely utilized radioisotopes in the diagnosis of disease while new processes are being pioneered for the targeted
Capping McClellan toxics safe, military says - Aug 21, 2007
Sacramento Bee,The pits likely contain long-lived radioisotopes, predominantly radium-226 from luminescent aircraft instruments. McClellan was a major aircraft repair
Op-Ed Contributors Seize the Cesium - Jul 31, 2007
New York Times,An inhalation attack, sometimes called a smoky bomb, would use radioisotopes that can be burned, vaporized or aerosolized, and in a confined space could
US and India Release Text of 123 Agreement - Aug 3, 2007
Scoop.co.nz,Provision of power for a military base drawn from any power network, production of radioisotopes to be used for medical purposes in military environment for
Nuclear Science Exhibition At Powerhouse - Aug 3, 2007
HULIQ,From the small amount of radioisotopes that we eat and breathe, to the isotopes in the earth that are measured to determine the age of rocks and reveal past
BioWa antibodies 'the ultimate warriors' to fight cancer - Aug 1, 2007
BiopharmaReporter.com,BioWa also said that the new class of drug could have fewer side effects compared to antibodies carrying radioisotopes or toxic payloads.
BioWa Introduces its Second Technology to Dramatically Enhance ... - Jul 30, 2007
netPR.pl (komunikaty prasowe),In addition, AccretaMabs are expected to have less side effects compared to antibodies carrying radioisotopes or toxic payloads. As the exclusive worldwide
Nuclear monitoring problems cited at Oak Ridge facilities - Aug 24, 2007
Robertson County Times,...by Becthel Jacobs Co., about 20 percent of nuclear workers were not tested often enough for all the radioisotopes at their work sites, the report said.
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