Recent news on Technetium

Recurrent Hyperparathyroidism Secondary to Parathyromatosis  -  25 May 2007
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)The sonographic and technetium Tc 99m sestamibi studies and the clinical records of 2 patients with recurrent hyperparathyroidism secondary to

US Government May Sell ‘Very Small’ Amount of Uranium in 2007  -  May 6, 2007
StockInterview.com,He explained this facility is removing the technetium from the uranium. The uranium cleanup is being done because it doesn’t presently meet spec.

Boston Life Sciences to Host 2007 1st Quarter Conference Call  -  May 9, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),...a DAT blocker for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, and a second generation technetium-based molecular imaging agent for PD and ADHD.

Intracoronary streptokinase improves microvascular perfusion after ...  -  May 2, 2007
TheHeart.Org,At six months, angiography, echocardiography, and technetium-99m single-photon-emission computed tomography (SPECT) were performed to assess left

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Reports First Quarter 2007 Financial ...  -  Apr 26, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),...due to higher sales in 2006 for Technetium Tc99m Generators and a 4% decrease for CARDIOLITE® primarily due to lower US average selling prices.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Reports First Quarter 2007 Financial ...  -  26 Apr 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),...due to higher sales in 2006 for Technetium Tc99m Generators and a 4% decrease for CARDIOLITE® primarily due to lower US average selling prices.

Stolen radioactive material in Charlotte causes concern  -  Apr 24, 2007
University of North Carolina The Daily Tar Heel,Charlotte officials are searching for 49 syringes of a low-hazard radioactive material called Technetium 99-m that were stolen from a delivery truck Friday.

Region | Radioactive material stolen  -  Apr 21, 2007
Charlotte Observer,Technetium-99m's half-life is six hours, so the material will no longer be radioactive by Sunday evening. Anyone with information should dial 911 or call

Radioactive material stolen from Presbyterian Hospital  -  Apr 20, 2007
Charlotte Observer,Technetium 99-m's half-life is six hours, so the radioactive material that is able to harm people will be gone after two and a half days.

Containers With Radioactive Material Stolen In Charlotte  -  Apr 20, 2007
WSOCtv.com,The materials, known as Technetium 99-m, were inside six containers of syringes. Its often used to diagnose problems in organs in the bodies.

Radioactive material stolen in Charlotte  -  Apr 20, 2007
Greensboro News Record,The material, Technetium 99-m, is a low-hazard radioactive material but can pose a potential health and safety risk if not handled properly, according to a

Sellafield nuclear processing plant. Photograph: Christopher ...  -  Apr 18, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,In 2003, UK government tests also found traces of Technetium-99 in salmon bred in farms near the plant. Electricity production finished in 2003 when the

Safer storage of nuclear waste  -  Apr 5, 2007
Chemistry World,However, this extracted material is often contaminated with another radioactive metal, technetium, which can catalyse unwanted side reactions and complicate

Accurately identify and locate radioactive tissue  -  Apr 10, 2007
Laboratory Talk,...radioisotope uptake in the high scatter, highly variable background environments found with imaging radiolabels such as Indium 111 and Technetium 99m.

254 pound 7-year-old taken from home  -  Apr 24, 2007
Charlotte Observer,Containers of Technetium 99-m were taken from a delivery truck outside Presbyterian Hospital on Friday. The material, considered low-hazard radioactive,

AACE: Early Treatment of Mild Paget's Yields Lengthy Remissions  -  Apr 13, 2007
MedPage Today,A technetium bone scan showed that he had increased uptake in the left pelvis. He was infused with 180 mg of pamidronate in divided doses over three weeks,

Traumatic Axonal Injury: Atlas of Major Pathways  -  Apr 12, 2007
Journal of Neuropsychiatry (subscription)Shin YB, Kim SJ, Kin IJ, et al: Voxel-based statistical analysis of cerebral blood flow using technetium-99m ECD brain SPECT in patients with traumatic

Boston Life Sciences Reports New Option Grants Under NASDAQ Market ...  -  Apr 17, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),...a DAT blocker for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, and a second generation technetium-based molecular imaging agent for PD and ADHD.

A new frontier for nuclear power?  -  Apr 15, 2007
Santa Fe New Mexican.com,And radioactive material with a long life, such as technetium and iodine, could be separated from the spent fuel and disposed of.

Boston Life Sciences Completes Final License Fee Payment for ...  -  Apr 5, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),...a DAT blocker for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, and a second generation technetium-based molecular imaging agent for PS and ADHD.

Collagen and silicone punctum plugs produce similar results, study ...  -  Apr 3, 2007
OSN SuperSite (subscription),...“In this method, 200 µCi of technetium-99m pertechnetate in 20 µL isotonic saline is applied to the ocular surface by a micropipette, just like an eye drop.

A radioactive asset  -  Mar 29, 2007
Globe and Mail,It's the world's largest supplier of molybdenum-99, a parent isotope of technetium-99, which is used to image the brain, heart, lungs and other organs.

Automated Analyzer For Complex Nuclear Waste Provides Rapid Results  -  Mar 29, 2007
Science Daily (press release)The prototype system was originally created to perform rapid radiochemical analysis of technetium-99 in nuclear waste destined for vitrification at the

Boston Life Sciences Enters Into $15 Million Convertible ...  -  27 Mar 2007
PR Newswire (press release),...a DAT blocker for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, and a second generation technetium-based molecular imaging agent for PD and ADHD.

Iran launches production of diagnostic radiopharmaceutical  -  Mar 11, 2007
PRESS TV,The Nuclear Technology and Sciences Research Center affiliated to Iran Atomic Energy Organization launched the molybdenum-technetium generator for

Tyco unit recalls isotope generator  -  Mar 14, 2007
Bizjournals.com,Mallinckrodt Inc. initiated a voluntary recall of its Ultra-TechneKow DTE generators (technetium Tc-99m generators) manufactured on or after Feb. 23, 2007.

Irish and Norwegians join forces to put halt to Thorp  -  Mar 8, 2007
Whitehaven News,...“The discharges that were stopped following intense pressure from the previous Norwegian Government were of technetium-99, a by-product of the treatment of

Iran self-sufficient in production of radiopharmaceuticals: health ...  -  Mar 11, 2007
MehrNews.com,Lankarani made the remarks at a press conference on the sidelines of the inaugural ceremony of the molybdenum-technetium generator project.

Mallinckrodt Initiates Voluntary Imaging Product Recall  -  Mar 13, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),...has initiated a voluntary recall of Mallinckrodt Ultra-TechneKow(R) DTE Generators (Technetium Tc-99m Generators) manufactured on or after February 23,

Diagnosing hairline fractures with scintigraphy  -  Mar 12, 2007
Horse & Hound Online,With scintigraphy, a low level of a relatively safe radioactive substance attached to a "bone-seeking" agent such as (technetium) is injected into the

Saeedi calls three-day visit to Moscow constructive  -  Mar 12, 2007
Journal of Turkish Weekly,...made the statement at a press conference on the sidelines of the inaugural ceremony of the project on production of Molybdenum-Technetium generator.

No obstacles to Russian fuel delivery  -  Mar 11, 2007
PRESS TV,Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a ceremony to launch the production line for molybdenum-technetium generators in Tehran on Sunday, Saeedi added,

Saeedi: Technical grounds prepared for sending fuel to Bushehr  -  Mar 11, 2007
IRNA,The remark was part of an interview on the sidelines of inaugural ceremony of the project on production of Molybdenum-Technetium generator.

Sentinel node navigation segmentectomy for clinical stage IA non ...  -  Mar 9, 2007
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryThe day before surgery, technetium-99m tin colloid was injected into the peritumoral region. After segmentectomy and lymph node dissection, sentinel nodes

Dr. Robert Langer Named as Chairman of Boston Life Sciences, Inc ...  -  Mar 22, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),...a DAT blocker for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, and a second generation technetium-based molecular imaging agent for PD and ADHD.

Isotope-Guided Localisation Improves Over Wire Methods for Breast ...  -  Mar 19, 2007
DG NewsParticles labeled with 0.1 mCi 99Tc (technetium-99) can be injected into breast lesions under mammography or ultrasound control, said Heriberto

(99m)Technetium-Sestamibi Radio-Guided Surgery Effective for Local ...  -  Feb 12, 2007
Cancer Consultants (press release),Researchers from Italy have reported that a (99m)Tc-sestamibi intra-operative gamma probe can be used to locate and guide surgical resection of recurrent

DRAXIS Radiopharmaceuticals Division Applies to FDA to Market ...  -  Feb 5, 2007
Drug Newswire (press release),The radioisotope Technetium-99m is attached to the sestamibi molecule forming Tc-99m Sestamibi. When injected into the bloodstream this radiopharmaceutical

Draxis Applies for Generic Cardiolite  -  Feb 2, 2007
Houston Chronicle,The Canadian company said the application covers the radioactive imaging agent Technetium-99m Sestamibi for use to evaluate blood flow in patients

CellPoint has cancer detection in its sights  -  Jan 28, 2007
Denver Post,Because technetium can be photographed by equipment such as SPECT cameras, he said, CellPoint's technology "lights up" areas in a patient where a cancerous

Sizzle, Fizz, Fizzle: The Sad Saga of FizzBin Tech  -  Feb 16, 2007
Local Tech Wire,But with its IP position, FBT effectively blocked FU from using anything but the older (and less efficient) rhenium-technetium hydride (ReTcH) material to

Recent Neuroimaging Techniques in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury  -  Feb 16, 2007
Journal of Neuropsychiatry (subscription)Gray BG, Ichise M, Chung DG, et al: Technetium-99m-HMPAO SPECT in the evaluation of patients with a remote history of traumatic brain injury: a comparison

Boston Life Sciences Issues Amended Promissory Notes for Up to an ...  -  Feb 13, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),...a DAT blocker for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, and a second generation technetium-based molecular imaging agent for PD and ADHD.

Microbes in soil could clean toxic sites  -  Feb 2, 2007
InTech,If bioremediation proves successful on the uranium, technetium, nitrate, and other lethal leftovers at the Oak Ridge site, the process could help clean up

The Cost of Bringing a Radiopharmaceutical to the Patient's Bedside  -  Jan 31, 2007
Journal of Nuclear Medicine (subscription)...agent must be better than approved drugs to capture the market share—Thallium has a significant use despite the availability of the technetium agents.

Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery: Right internal ...  -  Jan 31, 2007
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryAll patients had preoperative technetium 99m sestimibi studies performed, and 4 of 5 had computed tomographic (CT) angiography.

Scientists develop cost-effective nuclear medicine kit  -  Jan 28, 2007
Economic Times,At the time of use, radioistope (Technetium or TC 99 m, which is a gamma emitter) is added, which is then suitable for injection into the patient," he said.

Bioremediation to Help Clean up Radioactive Contamination Using ...  -  Jan 28, 2007
Azom.comIf bioremediation proves successful on the uranium, technetium, nitrate and other potentially lethal leftovers at the Oak Ridge site, the process should

DRAXIS Posts Record Earnings and Cash Flow for 2006  -  Feb 8, 2007
CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse),Completion of the development of proprietary technology for a second generation technetium generator and licensing it to others for distribution.

Case 2-2007 — A 49-Year-Old Woman with a Pigmented Lesion on the Arm  -  Jan 17, 2007
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription),Three weeks later, wide excision of the surgical site to 1 cm and sampling of the sentinel lymph node after injection of technetium-99–labeled sulfur

Tibial Sesamoid Fracture in a Softball Player  -  Jan 11, 2007
Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association (subscription)Technetium bone scans are helpful within 48 to 72 hours of symptom onset but are nonspecific. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging may also be

Interstitial Lung Disease and Connective Tissue Disease  -  Jan 12, 2007
Medscape (subscription)Markers of epithelial injury such as the increased clearance of inhaled technetium-99m diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (Tc-99m DTPA) and increased serum

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America. Stroke II: Imaging ...  -  Jan 9, 2007
AJNR (subscription),The chapter on "SPECT in Acute Stroke" succinctly addresses the potential applications of SPECT, mainly with technetium Tc99m hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime

Pharmacopeia's JAK3 Program Subject Of $189M Wyeth Deal  -  Jan 4, 2007
BioWorld Online,Its research and preclinical programs include Inosine for stroke, a DAT blocker for Parkinson's disease and a second-generation technetium-based molecular

Boston Life Sciences Acquires Rights to Develop and Commercialize ...  -  Jan 4, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),...a DAT blocker for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, and a second generation technetium-based molecular imaging agent for PS and ADHD.

New clean-up project builds upon success gained in field  -  Dec 28, 2006
HULIQ,The Y-12 site contains uranium, technetium, nitrate and other contaminants from the weapons manufacturing era from 1951 to 1983. These liquid wastes were

New cleanup project builds upon success gained in field  -  Dec 19, 2006
Oak Ridger,The Y-12 site contains uranium, technetium, nitrate and other contaminants from the weapons manufacturing era from 1951 to 1983. These liquid wastes were

Boston Life Sciences, Inc. Announces Webcast of 2006 Annual Meeting  -  Dec 13, 2006
PR Newswire (press release),...a DAT blocker for the treatment of Parkinson's disease and a second generation technetium-based molecular imaging agent for PS and ADHD.

Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma in a patient with unusual ...  -  Dec 7, 2006
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryA technetium-99 bone scan demonstrated tracer uptake in the right tenth rib but no other evidence of bone involvement. A computed tomography–guided,

Some holiday health concerns to think about  -  Dec 5, 2006
Reading Eagle,Also on the potential hit list: technetium-99m and thallium-201, both used in blood-flow imaging studies. Tc-99m is used in most studies and fades after

A glowing report  -  Nov 29, 2006
Belfast Telegraph,For example, in Parkinson’s disease, technetium-99m is injected and follows the dopamine pathway in the brain, so that doctors can determine whether it is

Sudden Onset Panic: Epileptic Aura or Panic Disorder?  -  Nov 29, 2006
Journal of Neuropsychiatry (subscription)Eren I, Tukel R, Polat A, et al: Evaluation of regional cerebral blood flow changes in panic disorder with technetium-99m-HMPAO SPECT.

Source: Boston Life Sciences, Inc.  Nov 6, 2006
...programs include Inosine for the treatment of stroke, a DAT blocker for the treatment of Parkinson's disease and a second generation technetium-based molecular ... -Yahoo! News (press release) USEC Reveals Completion Of Contaminated Uranium Cleanup - Quick ...  Oct 23, 2006
...(USU | charts | news | PowerRating), revealed the completion of the cleanup of 7,434 MT of technetium-contaminated uranium inventories. ... -Trading Markets, DRAXIS Health Third Quarter on Track for Record Year  Nov 2, 2006
...of 2006 as compared to 2005 due to the ramping up of product development activities, in particular activities related to Sestamibi and Technetium Generators. ... -Yahoo! News (press release) Shares of USEC Inc. (USU) Move Into Positive Territory After ...  Oct 23, 2006
...(NYSE: USU) move into positive territory after the company announced it has finished the cleanup of its technetium-contaminated uranium inventories this month. ... -StreetInsider.com (subscription), USEC Completes Cleanup of Contaminated Uranium Inventories  Oct 23, 2006
Inc. (NYSE:USU) finished the cleanup of its technetium-contaminated uranium inventories this month, the Company announced today. ... -Business Wire (press release), A Case Meeting Clinical Brain Death Criteria with Residual ...  Oct 10, 2006
B), coronal (C), and sagittal (D) images from the SPECT study obtained 15 minutes after the intravenous injection of 24.5 millicuries of technetium Tc99m ethyl ... -AJNR (subscription), Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Reports Financial Results for the ...  Oct 26, 2006
This increase was primarily due to an increase in TechneLite® technetium Tc99m Generator sales, resulting from the residual impact following a competitor's ... -Yahoo! News (press release) Boffins brew up new element  Oct 17, 2006
Since 1937, and the discovery of the first synthetic element Technetium (atomic number 43), the world has enjoyed a continual expansion of the family of ... -Register, Identifying the “Nuclearâ€? in Nuclear Medicine as High Benefit  Oct 11, 2006
...are used in many nuclear medicine studies that could set off radiation monitors, each with varying half lives or decay time, include technetium-99m, fluorine ... -DOTmed.com (press release), The High North - top of the world - top of the EU agenda?  Sep 18, 2006
Technetium discharges have now ceased, but we – both Norway and the people of Ireland - are still concerned about the UK’s plans for resuming activities ... -Utenriksdepartementet

Neuroblastoma: Pediatric Oncology  Sep 13, 2006
...techniques for evaluation of these children, is confusing, as is Table 10.4, which describes the scanning principles and scan techniques for technetium-Tc99 m ... -AJNR (subscription)

CellPoint Adds Former Chief Medical Officer of Philips Medical ...  Sep 12, 2006
The company plans to apply for FDA approval of its first universal oncology molecular imaging agent, 99m-Tc-EC-DG (Technetium-99m-ethylenedicysteine ... -Business Wire

Anomalous Origin of the Right Coronary Artery  Aug 30, 2006
...lower chest. Treadmill exercise testing with technetium-99m imaging was suggestive of inferior-wall myocardial ischemia. Computed ... -New England Journal of Medicine (subscription)

Peter Savas, Chairman and CEO of Boston Life Sciences, Inc. ...  Aug 30, 2006
...programs include INOSINE for the treatment of stroke, a DAT blocker for the treatment of Parkinson's disease and a second generation technetium-based molecular ... -Yahoo! News

Reply: 18 F-FDG PET of Thyroid Nodules with Inconclusive Cytologic ...  Sep 5, 2006
Kresnik E, Gallowitsch HJ, Mikosch P, et al. Technetium-99m-MIBI scintigraphy of thyroid nodules in an endemic goiter area. J Nucl Med. ... -Journal of Nuclear Medicine (subscription)

Mirtazapine for Severe Gastroparesis Unresponsive to Conventional ...  Sep 7, 2006
...as determined by nuclear scintigraphy (the "gold standard" gastric-emptying tests) after the ingestion of 18.5 MBq of technetium-99m diethylenetriaminepenta ... -Psychosomatics (subscription)

Gamma Medica-Ideas Introduces Revolutionary CZT-Based SPECT Pre ...  Aug 29, 2006
For example, many researchers have long wanted to conduct studies that would require simultaneously imaging the isotopes technetium-99m and iodine-123, but ... -Genetic Engineering News

Some holiday health concerns to think about  -  12 Dec 2006
Reading Eagle,Also on the potential hit list: technetium-99m and thallium-201, both used in blood-flow imaging studies. Tc-99m is used in most studies and fades after

Nuclear medicine can stump travelers  -  Nov 16, 2006
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune,Also on the potential hit list: technetium-99m and thallium-201, both used in blood-flow imaging studies. If you do have a problem going through security

Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma in a patient with unusual ...  -  Dec 7, 2006
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryA technetium-99 bone scan demonstrated tracer uptake in the right tenth rib but no other evidence of bone involvement. A computed tomography–guided,

Taxpayers Forced to Pay for Corruption, Pollution  -  Nov 14, 2006
The Progress ReportTwo separate incidents — in 1982 and 1993 — resulted in the airborne release of 19 curies of radioactive technetium, a cancer-causing product of nuclear

A glowing report  -  Nov 29, 2006
Belfast Telegraph,For example, in Parkinson’s disease, technetium-99m is injected and follows the dopamine pathway in the brain, so that doctors can determine whether it is

Sudden Onset Panic: Epileptic Aura or Panic Disorder?  -  Nov 29, 2006
Journal of Neuropsychiatry (subscription)Eren I, Tukel R, Polat A, et al: Evaluation of regional cerebral blood flow changes in panic disorder with technetium-99m-HMPAO SPECT.

DRAXIS Radiopharmaceutical Unit Approved To Run 2 Clinical Trials ...  -  Nov 23, 2006
Medical News Today (press release),Products currently include a line of lyophilized technetium-99m kits used in nuclear imaging procedures and therapeutic products labeled with a variety of

Tumorlike, Iron-Sparing Foci of Splenic Hemosiderosis in a Child ...  -  Nov 22, 2006
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)These focal lesions represented preserved islands of normal splenic tissue because they took up technetium Tc 99m sulfur colloid.

Passengers Set Off Airport Alarm After Radioactive Medical Tests  -  Nov 21, 2006
KSL-TV,Technetium, fluorine, thallium, and iodine. These are commonly used radioisotopes routinely used in PET scans to diagnose or monitor treatment in cancer,

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association  -  Nov 17, 2006
Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association (subscription)Referral to the infectious disease department prompted further investigation with a technetium 99m bone scan, which was indeterminate, and magnetic

Off-site contamination found  -  Nov 13, 2006
Cincinnati Post,Air, water and sediment tests also revealed small amounts of radioactive uranium, plutonium or technetium, and three fish from area waterways had traces of

Travel Tips for Nuclear Medicine Patients  -  Nov 14, 2006
Haber Sağlık,...each with its own "half-life" or period of continuing radioactivity, include technetium-99m (Tc-99m), fluorine-18 (FDG) and thallium-201 (Tl-201).

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