Carolina scientists discover new method for developing tracers used for medical imaging
Posted Aug 25, 2019
In an advance for medical imaging, scientists from University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered a method for creating radioactive tracers to better track pharmaceuticals in the body as well as image diseases, such as cancer, and other medical conditions. The researchers reported in the journal Science.
(UNC.edu)
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