Nuclear Medicine: Page 123

Nordion nets funding for isotope venture

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radioisotope firm Nordion is expected to benefit from $9.7 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a way to use low-enriched uranium to manufacture medical isotopes.

October 19, 2015

PETNet develops biomarker for prostate, breast cancer

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare subsidiary PETNet Solutions said it will produce a new investigational molecular biomarker for use in clinical trials on behalf of NuView Life Sciences.

October 18, 2015

Shine nets license for isotope production process

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Shine Medical Technologies has acquired an exclusive license for a patented hydrogen isotope separation process used in the production of medical isotopes.

October 14, 2015

FDG-PET predicts survival in Parkinsonian syndrome

By Wayne Forrest

FDG-PET strongly predicts overall survival in patients suspected of having early-stage atypical Parkinsonian syndrome, according to a study in the October Journal of Nuclear Medicine. The modality's findings closely matched clinical diagnosis at one-year follow-up.

October 14, 2015

USC awarded grant for prostate PET study

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A researcher at the University of Southern California (USC) Keck School of Medicine has received a $450,000 grant to advance work in the detection and treatment of prostate cancer.

October 13, 2015

Philips, Nuance partner on radiation dose

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare and Nuance Communications are collaborating to help monitor radiation dose.

October 13, 2015