Los Alamos National Laboratory: New Los Alamos Generator System Delivers Large Radiation Doses Directly to Cancer Cells
March 12, 2021
March 12, 2021
LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, March 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release:
Improved options for cancer treatment are on the way, thanks to a new system developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory for producing alpha-emitting medical radioisotopes intended to target and overpower diseased tissue while sparing the healthy tissue around it.
"The new system is based on a uranium-230/thorium-226 pairing, where t . . .
Improved options for cancer treatment are on the way, thanks to a new system developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory for producing alpha-emitting medical radioisotopes intended to target and overpower diseased tissue while sparing the healthy tissue around it.
"The new system is based on a uranium-230/thorium-226 pairing, where t . . .