Iodine-131 (or I-131) is a radioactive substance that emits both beta and gamma radiation and has a half-life of 8.03 days. Under normal circumstances, there are low levels of I-131 present in the ...

In the laboratory, doctors attach the radioactive iodine to the MIBG. When you have the 131 I-MIBG treatment, it circulates through your body. The NET cells take up the 131 I-MIBG treatment. The 131 I ...

Officials say two-and-a-half months after learning of its presence, they still have not pinpointed the source of Iodine-131 in Philadelphia’s drinking water. At a public forum Wednesday, officials ...

A new treatment involving a gel-like substance and radioactive iodine-131 eliminated pancreatic tumors in 75% of mice. The corresponding study was published in Nature Biomedical Engineering. "We did a ...

You will need to fast for 8 hours before taking the radioactive iodine uptake test. The first part of the test is swallowing radioactive iodine (I-131 or I-123) up to 24 hours before the test.

Doctors administered an ultra-high dose of radioactive 131-Iodine MIBG therapy, making it the highest dosage ever used in ...

Ciril Faia, CEO SPECT Europe for Curium commented, “We are delighted with the expansion of our partnership with Izotop which will enable Curium to offer Iodine-131 solutions for both diagnostic ...

DURING the course of an investigation on the structure and function of the guinea pig fœtal thyroid, it was noted that a concentration gradient of iodine-131 is established across the placenta ...

The concentration of iodine-131 was also measured in portions of the opposite salivary glands, in muscle, and in plasma and saliva removed immediately after the samples were taken for autoradiography.

The leading tertiary care hospital in Jammu and Kashmir, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) today said there would be no supply of Iodine-131 in the hospital in the first week of ...