Sentences with phrase «radioisotopes into»

Nuclear reprocessing, weapons tests, and nuclear accidents, such as the 2011 catastrophe in Japan, release xenon radioisotopes into the atmosphere.

When a tumour cell is located, the antibody binds to the cell surface and releases the caged radioisotope into the tumour cell.

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Radioisotope power systems convert heat from the natural radioactive decay of the isotope plutonium - 238 into electricity.

NASA's Radioisotope Power System (RPS) program, managed by NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, is funding the development of new, higher efficiency thermoelectric materials that could be incorporated into a next - generation enhanced MMRTG that would provide about 25 percent more power at the start of a typical mission, and 50 percent more power at the end of a mission.

Nearly half a century ago, NASA developed radioisotope thermal generators (RTGs) that convert the heat from radioactive decay into electricity.

In an attempt to do this, the researchers used a technique known as radioimmunotherapy in which radioisotopes (unstable elements that release radiation) mounted on antibodies (protein molecules akin to infection search - and - destroy missiles) are injected into the body.

«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.»

Large and small animal nuclear medicine is available and is a subspecialty of radiology in which radioisotopes (compounds containing radioactive forms of atoms) are put into the body to evaluate organ function or localize bone disease such as stress fractures or tumor metastasis.