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Spy case raises questions on U.K. radiation response

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Reuters), Dec 4 - If the poisoning of one man can pose such a serious test for the British government, how would it handle a full-scale radiological attack? A week after former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko was killed by the radioactive poison polonium-210, some security analysts see major flaws in the emergency response system and question its ability to cope with a larger crisis.

December 3, 2006

Radiation traces found on two BA planes in spy probe

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Reuters), Nov 30 - British Airways said on Wednesday that "very low traces" of radiation had been found on two of its aircraft by police probing the death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.

November 29, 2006

Three in U.K. tested for radiation after spy death

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Reuters), Nov 27 - Three people have been sent to a special clinic for radiological tests following the death of a former Russian spy in London, a spokeswoman for Britain's Health Protection Agency (HPA) said on Monday.

November 26, 2006

IBA inks SAIC-Frederick deal, debuts new radionuclides

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Belgian nuclear medicine products firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has signed a contract manufacturing and distribution agreement with SAIC-Frederick.

October 1, 2006

Cambridge Isotope acquires ABX

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Cambridge Isotope Laboratories (CIL) of Boston has acquired 100% of the stock of ABX Advanced Biochemical Compounds of Radeberg, Germany.

September 19, 2006

Two studies define role of molecular imaging, therapy in endocrine carcinoma

By Shalmali Pal

Digestive endocrine tumors would seem to be as intricate as the digestive system itself, so it's no wonder that clinicians are searching for the best imaging modality to diagnose, differentiate, and treat endocrine tumors. Two recent studies looked at how molecular imaging and therapy fared in this disease. A group from Poland evaluated endocrine cancer response to treatment with a radiolabeled somatostatin analogue, while researchers in France tested two molecular imaging techniques in endocrine cancers as a tool for diagnosis and staging.

September 13, 2006

Elekta signs Odense University Hospital

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish radiation therapy vendor Elekta will be supplying several of its medical linear accelerators to Odense University Hospital in Denmark.

July 2, 2006

Antidepressant treatment improves cerebral blood flow in Parkinson's disease

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jun 21 - Investigators used brain SPECT to investigate the effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and fluoxetine on regional cerebral blood flow in 26 Parkinson's disease patients with depression and in 29 healthy age-matched control subjects without depression.

June 20, 2006

Radioactive medical deliveries face new delays

By Reuters Health

VIENNA (Reuters), May 11 - A growing unwillingness of shippers to deliver radioactive medical materials due to rising costs and safety fears since the September 11 attacks is threatening healthcare in some countries, experts said on Wednesday.

May 10, 2006

Schering divests CIS radiopharma unit

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

German contrast media firm Schering has completed the divestiture of the radiopharmaceutical business of CIS bio international to a consortium formed by Belgian companies Ion Beam Applications and the Institut National des Radioéléments (IRE).

May 7, 2006

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