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Targeted radiopharmaceuticals offer new hope for longer 'healthspans'

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However, increased longevity has brought on a troubling rise in chronic disease, diminishing the quality of life later in life. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that more than a quarter of U.S. An emerging field of precision radiopharmaceuticals brings new optimism to this mission, revolutionizing cancer care.

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The rise of theranostics: Part 3 -- What is a theranostics center?

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With therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals coming to market quickly and available to smaller institutions around the U.S., My vision of a theranostic center includes a flagship facility that has a PET/CT scanner, a SPECT/CT scanner, and then multiple rooms for infusions of radiopharmaceuticals," Siegel explained.

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Generative AI, radiologist shortages feature in 2024 Minnies

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Middlebrooks' research interest consists of using ultrahigh-field, 7-tesla MRI to plot brain microstructure and develop surgical treatment of brain tumors, epilepsy, and neurodegenerative and movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and dystonia. from Ukraine.

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FDA fast-tracks Clarity’s prostate cancer treatment

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its copper-67 (Cu-67) SAR-bisPSMA radiopharmaceutical for treating advanced prostate cancer. The classification builds on Clarity's earlier receipt of fast-track designation for its PET diagnostic imaging agent Cu-64 SAR-bisPSMA for identifying patients with the disease.

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The rise of theranostics: Part 1 -- Gaining momentum

AuntMinnie

Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approvals of radiopharmaceuticals for neuroendocrine tumors and then for prostate cancer, theranostics has picked up momentum in clinical practice, propelled by encouraging research. Since 2013 we've had several more radiopharmaceutical therapies get FDA approval.

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Meet the Minnies 2024 finalists

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His research interests include using structural and functional MRI -- particularly ultrahigh-field, 7-tesla MRI -- to map brain microstructure and develop neurosurgical treatment of brain tumors, epilepsy, and neurodegenerative and movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and dystonia. Elliot Fishman, MD.

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Philochem and Blue Earth Diagnostics Announce First Three Patients Imaged in Phase 1 Clinical Trial of 68Ga-OncoFAP (68Ga-OncoFAP-DOTAGA) for Diagnostic Imaging in Solid Tumors

Imaging Technology

and Blue Earth Diagnostics, a Bracco company and recognized leader in the development and commercialization of innovative PET radiopharmaceuticals, today provided additional information regarding a March 2022 licensing and collaboration agreement between Philochem and Blue Earth Diagnostics.