Cyclotrons - Getting the Bigger Picture on Making Radioisotopes for Cancer Research
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Have you ever had an FDG PET scan? Did you wonder where the FDG came from or even how the radioactive part, the Fluorine-18, was made? It probably isn't something that you have thought about but for researchers in the School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences at King's College London, a good supply of radioisotopes is crucial for our research so that we can make new radioactive drugs to diagnose and treat cancer.
In this episode Maggie spoke to Karin Nielsen who makes radioisotopes using the cyclotron based in the PET centre at St Thomas' Hospital. We find out what is involved, whether it is dangerous and what's happening with nuclear reactions going on underground close to the Houses of Parliament!
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