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Actinium Pharmaceuticals allowed key claims in a cornerstone patent application for treatment of metastatic solid cancers with alpha emitting isotopes NEW YORK, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCBB: ATNM), a biopharmaceutical company that develops innovative targeted payload immunotherapeutics for treatment of advanced cancers, announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has allowed a key patent application in the Company's portfolio....

North Carolina State University Life as we know it is based upon the elements of carbon and oxygen. Now a team of physicists, including one from North Carolina State University, is looking at the conditions necessary to the formation of those two elements in the universe. They’ve found that when it comes to supporting life, the universe leaves very little margin for error. Both carbon and oxygen are produced when helium burns inside of giant red stars. Carbon-12, an essential element...

By combining three layers of detection into one new device, a team of researchers from Japan has proposed a new way to monitor radiation levels at power plant accident sites. The device would be more economical that using different devices to measure different types of radiation, and could limit the exposure times of clean-up workers by taking three measurements simultaneously. Radioactive decay produces three flavors of emissions: alpha, beta, and gamma. Alpha particles comprise 2...

Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leader in the field of cancer alpha radioimmunotherapy, successfully completed a first closing of $4.1 million in its Series E Financing, for which Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd. is exclusive placement agent. Newark, NJ (PRWEB) October 12, 2011 Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leader in the field of alpha radioimmunotherapy for treatment of advanced cancers, is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed a first closing of $4.1 million in its...

Scientists drew fittingly from Roman mythology when they named a unique class of miniscule particles after the god Janus, who is usually depicted as having two faces looking in opposite directions.For years, scientists have been fascinated by the tantalizing possibilities of these particles for their potential applications in electronic display devices, sensors and many other devices. However, realizing these applications requires precise control over the positions and orientation of the...