Sentences with phrase «radioactive molecules»

They can stay stable for years, whereas radioactive molecules must be used soon after manufacturing and require special training for use.

The researchers developed an oxygen - sensitive molecular beacon that emits ultrasound signals in response to light, a process called photoacoustic imaging — a less invasive, higher resolution and less costly method than the current clinical standard, which uses radioactive molecules and positron emission tomography scans.

When an organism dies, an unstable radioactive molecule present in living tissues, known as radiocarbon, begins to decay at a known rate.

To see how waste is carried by cerebrospinal fluid in a living mouse, they injected the mice with radioactive molecules that could be traced using laser - scanning technology.

Her work focused on measuring the molecules in seawater, like carbon dioxide, oxygen, and also radioactive molecules like cesium - 137.

At the end of September, the European Commission approved a marketing application for Lutathera, a radioactive molecule that targets specific receptors found on the surface of neuroendocrine tumor cells.

Once in place, the radioactive molecules produce ionizing radiation inside or close to cancer cells.

By engineering red blood cells to have «sticky» proteins on their surface, a team of researchers has given the cells the ability to carry anything from drugs to treat immune disorders or cancer to radioactive molecules used in imaging of blood vessels.

Other monoclonal antibodies directed at lymphoma cells are used for some types of NHL, as are antibodies linked to a radioactive molecule and a cytokine therapy.