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North American Nuclear Medicine Market / Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Market is expected to grow significantly with the launch of the much-desired Alpharadin (Ra-223) in the near future. (PRWEB) April 25, 2013 The "North American Nuclear Medicine/Radiopharmaceuticals Market & Stable Isotopes [SPECT/PET Radioisotopes (Technetium, F-18)], [Beta/Alpha Radiation Therapy (I131, Y-90)], [Applications (Cancer/Oncology, Cardiac)] & (Deuterium, C-13) – Forecast to 2017" analyzes...

DALLAS, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The European Nuclear Medicine / Radiopharmaceuticals Market[SPECT/PET Radioisotopes (Technetium, F-18)], [Beta/Alpha radiation therapy (I131, Y-90)], [Applications (Cancer/Oncology, Cardiac)] & Stable Isotopes (Deuterium, C-13) - Global Trends & Forecast to 2017]. Browse >> - 133 market data tables - 29 figures - 292 pages and an in-depth Table of Content on "European Nuclear...

LUBBOCK, Texas, Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Positron Corporation (OTCBB:POSC) a leading molecular imaging healthcare company is pleased to announce the consolidation and integration of operations at the Crown Point, Indiana facility to its Lubbock, Texas site. With the acquisition of Manhattan Isotope Technology (MIT), Positron gained the expertise, knowledge and radioactive materials facilities to manage all of the Company's radiopharmaceutical and radioisotope development,...

Radioactive medicine being tracked through rivers A University of Delaware oceanographer has stumbled upon an unusual aid for studying local waterways: radioactive iodine. Trace amounts of the contaminant, which is used in medical treatments, are entering waterways via wastewater treatment systems and providing a new way to track where and how substances travel through rivers to the ocean. "This is a really interesting convergence of medicine, public health and environmental science,"...

BALA CYNWYD, Pa., March 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Purolite announced today that they have been successful in achieving non-detect levels on all of the 62 radionuclides in the coolant water at TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Station in Japan. "In conjunction with our Japanese partner, we have been able to demonstrate the successful reduction of all 62 radionuclides in the contaminated water to non-detect levels set by TEPCO," said Mr. Steve Brodie,...

FISHERS, Ind., Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Positron Corporation (OTCBB:POSC), a leading molecular imaging healthcare company, specializing in the field of nuclear cardiology, is pleased to announce that on January 23, 2012, its wholly owned subsidiary, Manhattan Isotope Technology (MIT), received approval of its radioactive materials license amendment. The Texas Department of State Health Services- Radiation Control Program granted the amendment approval. This specific...

With news this week of additional radioactive leaks from Fukushima nuclear power plants, the impact on the ocean of releases of radioactivity from the plants remains unclear. But a new study by U.S. and Japanese researchers analyzes the levels of radioactivity discharged from the facility in the first four months after the accident and draws some basic conclusions about the history of contaminant releases to the ocean. The study, conducted by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution chemist...

The radioactive decay of uranium, thorium, and potassium contained in the Earth's crust provides nearly half of the planet's internal heat, claim the authors of a new study that has been published in Nature Geoscience and currently available at the journal's website."The Earth has cooled since its formation, yet the decay of radiogenic isotopes...in the planet's interior provides a continuing heat source," the international team of American, Japanese, and Dutch researchers behind...

GARCHING, Germany, June 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ITG Isotope Technologies Garching GmbH (ITG), a specialist in the development and production of innovative radioisotopes, and Sydney-based, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) have agreed on a broad, long-term collaboration on radioisotopes. ANSTO has in-licensed the production technology for ITG's carrier free Lutetium-177 (Lu-177 n.c.a.) and will be the exclusive distribution partner for ITG's products in...

National Science Foundation awards rapid-response grants to establish ocean radionuclide levels from FukushimaAmong the casualties of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan was the country's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.A result of the loss of electricity, overheating at the power plant led to significant releases of iodine, cesium and other radioisotopes to the environment.Japanese officials recently raised the severity of the nuclear power plant incident to...