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Protein Design Labs licenses development rights to leukemia antibody.(Actinium Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
BIOTECH Patent News; 3/1/2003; 558 words
; Protein Design Labs, Inc. (Fremont, CA) and Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Alexandria, VA ... particle-emitting radioisotopes, including actinium-225. PDL has received an upfront licensing ... SMART M195 and the more powerful isotope actinium-225. Dr. Maurits Geerlings, API's President ...
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American Russian Cancer Alliance to receive actinium from Russian nuclear stockpiles
The Daily Record (Baltimore); 9/4/2003; Patrice Dickens; 549 words
; The United States has a scarcity of actinium, a product of decaying uranium known for its cancer ... of Maryland Medical Center will receive shipments of actinium from Russia's nuclear stockpiles, officials announced at a news conference yesterday. This new program is the first ... the University of Maryland ...
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New method for producing alpha-emitting bismuth-213 patented.(ONCOLOGY)(Advanced Medical Isotopes Corp.)
Medical Imaging; 3/1/2007; Vasko, Cat; 386 words
; ... new method of industrially producing actinium-225, the parent isotope of alpha-emitting bismuth-213. By offering actinium-225 in a portable generator form that ... half-life of 46 minutes--parent isotope actinium-225, with a half-life of 10 days ...
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ISONICS' STOCK SURGES 16% JUMP TIED TO FEDERAL NOD FOR ISOTOPE THAT COULD FIGHT CANCER
Rocky Mountain News; 1/6/2005; Roger Fillion, Rocky Mountain News; 544 words
; ... substantially" stronger sales of the isotope, Actinium-225, if a cancer therapy ultimately is approved ... security division. Adding to the frenzy was news that Isonics would roll out a bomb- detection ... of the National Institutes of Health - with Actinium-225. A radioactive waste product of ...
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ISONICS' STOCK SURGES 16% JUMP TIED TO FEDERAL NOD FOR ISOTOPE THAT COULD FIGHT CANCER.(Business)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 1/6/2005; Fillion, Roger; 548 words
; Byline: Roger Fillion, Rocky Mountain News Isonics Corp.'s stock shot up 16 percent Wednesday ... substantially stronger sales of the isotope, Actinium-225, if a cancer therapy ultimately is approved ... security division. Adding to the frenzy was news that Isonics would roll out a bomb-detection ... of the ...
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Janesville's NorthStar sees sky as limit.
Janesville Gazette (Janesville, WI); 11/20/2006; 997 words
; ... new technology to produce a valuable medical isotope-actinium-225-for use in cancer research and treatment. The ... patented technologies that allow for the recovery of actinium-225 from unused nuclear fuel. The technology is expected ... important clinical cancer treatment trials to proceed. Actinium-225 is ...
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Engineered Liposomes for Potential [alpha]-Particle Therapy of Metastatic Cancer
The Journal of Nuclear Medicine; 2/1/2004; Sofou, Stavroula; Thomas, James L; Lin, Hung-yin; McDevitt, Michael R; Et al; 5888 words
; ... experimentally test the retention of actinium and its daughters by the liposomes, the ... resuspended in PBS containing chelated actinium complexes (^sup 225^Ac-DOTA, 1.85-3.70 ... acetate solution (2%) in phosphate buffer. Actinium and Bismuth Retention Measurements As ...
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American-Russian Isotope Agreement Announced
The Journal of Nuclear Medicine; 12/1/2003; Anonymous; 327 words
; ... through which U.S. researchers will receive actinium from Russian nuclear stockpiles. The ... expects 6-8 shipments of uranium-extracted actinium during 2004. Scientists at the Kurchatov ... polymers to deliver bismuth, a derivative of actinium, directly into tumors," said Bruce R ...
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(book review)
Science News; 4/20/2002; 116 words
; JOHN EMSLEY From actinium to zirconium, this marvelous encyclopedia details all 115 elements of the periodic table to reveal the nature of each and its relationship ...
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FINDINGS
The Washington Post; 11/16/2001; 484 words
; ... and his associates put a single atom of actinium-225, a radioactive isotope, inside a ... dose of alpha particles. As it decays, actinium-225 produces three daughter atoms; each ... nitrogen, is shaped like a ring with the actinium-225 atom inside. They are held together ...
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