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New Report Finds U.S. Supply of Critical Medical Isotope Vulnerable
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) have released a report on the state of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) production, its utilization in medicine, and progress...
Cardiologists Continue Imaging Despite Isotope Shortage by Using Fewer Radiopharmaceuticals
As the global medical isotope shortage continues indefinitely following the plant leak in South Africa, Berks Cardiologists Ltd., a cardiovascular imaging center in central...
Congress Passes American Medical Isotope Production Act | 2012
Congress last week affirmed its dedication to securing a sustainable, domestic supply of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) as it passed the American Medical Isotope Production Act...
Producing Medical Isotopes in the U.S.: A Worthy Goal for the Biotech Industry
Much of nuclear imaging depends on a steady supply of an isotope called molybdenum-99 (Mo-99). A byproduct of nuclear fission, Mo-99 is used to...
Isotope Crisis Highlights Timeliness of SNM Meeting
With the Chalk River* nuclear reactor in Laurentian Hills, Ontario, Canada, shutdown, a reactor that supplies one-third** of the nuclear isotopes to the world,...
