By Paul McClure Radioactive fructose illuminated cancer cells and brain and heart inflammation on a PET scanKirby et al./Journal of Nuclear Medicine A radioactive form of fructose, a natural sugar found in fruit, given to mice lit up areas of cancer and inflammation on a diagnostic medical scan. The researchers say the approach makes diseases easier...
NIH-funded clinical trial will determine safety, tolerability of experimental drug Business Announcement NIH/NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES WHAT:A first-in-human clinical trial of an experimental oral drug for removing radioactive contaminants from inside the body has begun. The trial is testing the safety, tolerability and processing in the body of escalating doses of the...
