TRIUMF-led team produces medical isotopes in enough quantity to serve large city


A research team led by TRIUMF has used a medical cyclotron to generate enough of the isotope technetium-99m (Tc-99) to supply a city the size of Vancouver. The breakthrough moves Canada a major step forward towards generating sufficient quantities of the isotope required for medical imaging of various diseases without the need for a nuclear reactor.

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