Sentences with phrase «make radioisotopes»
«People knew that manganese chloride uptakes in the beta cells, but nobody could make radioisotopes that were pure enough.
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Iranian officials say the chief aim of the 40 - megawatt fission reactor, under construction in the central province of Markazi, is to make radioisotopes for medicine.
After all, this is what makes radioisotopes so useful for biological research: They are detectable in even the most minuscule (and safe) amounts.
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Von Hippel speculates that the remaining centrifuges there could be used to make purer preparations of mercury isotopes for fluorescent lighting, for example, or for enriching molybdenum - 98, which could then be irradiated with neurtons to produce molybdenum - 99, a radioisotope used in medicine.
Joanna Fowler has made significant contributions to brain research and the understanding of diseases such as addiction, which she studies using positron emission tomography (PET), an imaging technique that measures the concentration and movement of a positron - emitting radioisotope in living tissue.
«This strategy may allow better penetration of larger tumours because the radioisotope can make its way deep into the tumour before releasing the toxic radioactivity trapped inside.»
Her work in the Radiochemical Engineering Development Center focuses on advanced radioisotope production techniques and finding new methods to make them cheaper and faster.