Reactor May Aid in Shortage of Isotope Used in Medicine

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 14:42 in Health & Medicine

A nuclear reactor in Poland has emerged as a new source for technetium 99, an isotope used to measure blood flows in the heart and to help diagnose bone and breast cancers.

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