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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...